snore: [14] Like snort [14] (which originally meant ‘snore’), snore goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic base *snor-, imitative of the sound it represents. From the same source came German schnarchen ‘snore’, which produced the German dialect noun schnorchel ‘snout’. The mainstream language adopted it as a term for a ‘breathing tube’, and English borrowed it as snorkel [20]. => snorkel, snort
snore (v.)
mid-15c., probably related to snort (v.) and both probably of imitative origin (compare Dutch snorken, Middle High German snarchen, German schnarchen, Swedish snarka; see snout). Related: Snored; snoring.
snore (n.)
mid-14c., "a snort;" c. 1600, "act of snoring," of imitative origin; see snore (v.).
中文解释
1. 拟声词，模拟“鼾声”。
实用例句
1. Uncle Arthur, after a loud snore, woke suddenly.
阿瑟叔叔打了一个响鼾后，突然醒了过来。
来自柯林斯例句
2. His loud snore kept me awake.
他的鼾声大得使我睡不着.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. To sleep on my own and not hear the boys snore or grunt was pure bliss.
自己一个人睡、不用听男孩们的鼾声或咕哝声简直是幸福极了。
来自柯林斯例句
4. As the night deepened, Huck began to nod, and presently to snore.
夜色渐深, 哈克打起盹来, 不久便鼾声大作.
来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
5. A measured, muffled snore issued from Aunt Polly's chamber.
