snook

FREQ #46368

n. [口]大拇指按鼻端, 其余四指张开以示轻蔑的手势

发音

US /snuːk/

词形变化

snooks 复数 snooks 三单 snooking 现在分词 snooked 过去式 snooked 过去分词

别名

snoek

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.

  2. 2.

    A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.

    Centropomus undecimalis (common snook).

  3. 3.

    Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families.

  4. 1.

    A disrespectful gesture, performed by placing the tip of a thumb on one's nose with the fingers spread, and typically while wiggling the fingers back and forth.

    英国 贬义
v.
  1. 1.

    To fish for snook.

  2. 1.

    To sniff out.

    废旧
  3. 2.

    To lurk; to lie in ambush.

    废旧

词汇关系

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词源

From Dutch snoek (“pike, Esox”).

来源:wiktionary