snack

snack
noun
  1. a small amount of food eaten between meals
    (两餐之间的)点心,小吃
    ■a light meal that is eaten in a hurry or in a casual manner
    快餐
    ■(Austral. informal)a thing that is easy to accomplish
    (澳,非正式)容易办到的事
    it'll be a snack.
    这是小菜一碟。
verb
  1. [no obj.]eat a snack
    吃小吃
    she likes to snack on yogurt.
    她喜欢拿酸奶做小吃。
语源
  1. Middle English (originally in the sense 'snap, bite'): from Middle Dutch snac(k), from snacken 'to bite', variant of snappen. Senses relating to food date from the late 17th cent
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