snapper

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈsnæpɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who, or that which, snaps.
    — a snapper-up of bargains
  2. A stumble, a trip. Scotland
  3. Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.; The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species. Australia,New-Zealand
    — Heigh-ho ye trawler men come on, forget the snapper and the prawn,
  4. An error, a blunder, especially a moral slip-up. Scotland
  5. Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.; Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper. US
  6. Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.; A small bluefish. US
  7. A (human) baby. Ireland,slang
    — I've known him since he was a little snapper.
  8. The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
  9. Small, paper-wrapped item containing a minute quantity of explosive composition coated on small bits of sand, which explodes noisily when thrown onto a hard surface. US
  10. One who takes snaps; a photographer. slang
    — The police snapper was on his tiptoes, angling for a vertical shot of the body.
  11. The snapping turtle. US,informal
  12. The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
  13. A snap beetle (family Elateridae).
  14. A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder. historical
  15. A percussive musical instrument consisting of a pair of items to be snapped together; castanet or bones. obsolete
  16. A string bean. US,colloquial
  17. The vulva. slang
    — At thirty-nine, her snapper was snapping at practically every man that appeared halfway decent and had a pulse.
  18. A punchline. slang
    — I don't want a pause before the snapper.
  19. A supporter of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892. US,historical
动词 v.
  1. To stumble, to trip.
  2. To fall into error; to make a mistake, and especially to stumble morally. figuratively
    — A curate in specyall To snappar and to fall Into this opyn cryme

词形变化

snappers plural schnapper alternative snappers present,singular,third-person snappering participle,present snappered participle,past snappered past snappers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
black snapper Colorado snapper cubera snapper finger-snapper lane snapper long snapper mackerel snapper mahogany snapper mangrove snapper mutton snapper pink snapper rafter snapper red snapper snapper biscuit snapperhead snapper-upper snipper-snapper whippersnapper

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Middle Dutch snappen
Dutch snappenbor.
Low German snappenbor.
English snap
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English snapper
From snap + -er.
词源 2
From Middle English snaperen, likely formed with the frequentative suffix -eren (Modern English -er). For the stem compare Norwegian Nynorsk snåva (“to stumble”), Swedish snäva (“to stumble”), obsolete German schnappen (“to totter, to limp”), Middle High German snaben, Middle Low German snaven (“to stumble”).
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