snipe
snipe 英 [snaɪp] 美 [snaɪp]
n. 狙击；[鸟] 鹬；香烟屁股；被开玩笑的人物 vi. 狙击；[军] 伏击；抨击；猎鸟；诽谤 vt. 狙击
进行时:sniping 过去式:sniped 过去分词:sniped 第三人称单数:snipes 名词复数:snipes
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- n. 狙击；[鸟] 鹬；香烟屁股；被开玩笑的人物
- vi. 狙击；[军] 伏击；抨击；猎鸟；诽谤
- vt. 狙击
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1. Swim across a river to sneak past soldiers, snipe them from a distance or steal a turreted jeep and start firing.
你可以游过河偷袭士兵，也可以远距离狙击他们，或者偷一辆塔式吉普车，然后开火。
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2. It's fine to enjoy watching catty contestants on The Bachelor snipe at one another — because, come on, we all know most women aren't like that.
看“单身汉”里面那些恶毒的参赛者们互相诽谤是挺好的一种享受——因为我们都知道大多数女性不像那样。
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3. I propose that every time an American bags a snipe, the federal government should pay him or her $100.
美国需要更多的猎鹬者，我提议一个美国人每捕到一只鹬，联邦政府支付给他100美元。
- snipe (n.) long-billed marsh bird, early 14c., from Old Norse -snipa in myrisnipa "moor snipe;" perhaps a common Germanic term (compare Old Saxon sneppa, Middle Dutch snippe, Dutch snip, Old High German snepfa, German Schnepfe "snipe," Swedish snäppa "sandpiper"), perhaps originally "snipper." The Old English name was snite, which is of uncertain derivation. An opprobrious term (see guttersnipe) since c. 1600.
- snipe (v.) "shoot from a hidden place," 1773 (among British soldiers in India), in reference to hunting snipe as game, from snipe (n.). Figurative use from 1892. Related: Sniped; sniping.
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