snipe

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

中文词源

snipe 沙锥鸟，狙击，伏击

来自古诺斯语-snipe,如 myrisnipa,即 moor snipe,沼泽沙锥鸟，词源不详，可能与 snip 有词源

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.
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.

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1. There was not much elbow room in the cockpit of a Snipe.: “沙锥鸟”战斗机的驾驶舱空间不太宽敞。

2. Gunmen continued to snipe at people leaving their homes to find food.: 枪手不断伏击外出找寻食物的人。

3. He was ordered to snipe at anyone moving about the camp.: 他奉令狙击任何在营地附近走动的人.

5. Would not the first of them who saw me wring my neck like a snipe's?: 他们当中第一个见到我的人难道不会像拧断苍鹭的脖子那样拧断我的脖子吗 ?