snarky

FREQ #40154

a. 恶声恶气的, (突然)咬人的

发音

US /ˈsnɑɹ.ki/
其它
UK /ˈsnɑː.ki/

词形变化

snarkier 比较级 snarkier snarkiest snarkiest 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.

    幽默 非正式
  2. 2.

    Irritable, irritated.

    废旧

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词源

From snark + -y; 1906, as “irritable”, from snark (“to snort”), by onomatopoeia (1866). Compare Low German snarken (“to snore”), North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka. In the sense “sarcastic” popularized in the late 1990s.

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