snavel

发音

AU

词形变化

snavelled snavelling snavels 三单 snavels snaveling 现在分词 snavelling 现在分词 snaveled 过去式 snaveled 过去分词 snavelled 过去式 snavelled 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To steal, to pickpocket.

    1902, Barbara Baynton, Bush Studies, 2009, Sydney University Press, page 59, Then he missed his silk handkerchief. “Ghost!” he said, breathing heavily. “Mag′s snavelled it! […] ”

  2. 2.

    To snatch.

    澳大利亚 新西兰

    Paul tried to snavel Dan′s chair from under him.

    1915, New Zealand House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, page 472, This was in his constituency, and he believed the idea was to go straight through the reserve eventually — that if they snavelled this piece now they would snavel more of this playground a little later on, and completely spoil the reserve.

词源

Probably related to snaffle, which may be from Dutch snavel.

来源：wiktionary