snipe

snipe
[snʌɪp]
(复同单，或 snipes)
  1. a wading bird of marshes and wet meadows, with brown camouflaged plumage, a long straight bill, and typically a drumming display flight
    沙锥鸟，鹬。 参见 painted snipe, seed-snipe
  2. Gallinago and other genera, family Scolopacidae: several species, e.g. the common snipe (G. gallinago)
    沙锥属及其他属，鹬科：数种，如丘鹬（拉丁名G. gallinago）
verb
[no obj.]
  1. shoot at someone from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range
    （尤指远程准确地）狙击，打冷枪
    the soldiers in the trench sniped at us.
    堑壕中的士兵向我们发动狙击。
    ■make a sly or petty verbal attack
    诽谤
    the state governor constantly sniped at the president.
    州长经常含沙射影地攻击总统。
    [as noun sniping]there has been some sniping about inept leadership.
    有些流言攻击领导阶层无能。
派生
sniper
noun
语源
  1. Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Icelandic mýrisnípa; obscurely related to Dutch snip and German Schnepfe
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