sneak
英[sni?k]
美[snik]
- vi. 溜；鬼鬼祟祟做事；向老師打小報告
- vt. 偷偷地做；偷偷取得
- n. 鬼鬼祟祟的人；偷偷摸摸的行為；告密者
- adj. 暗中進行的
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?sneaks;過去式:?sneaked;? snuck;過去分詞:?sneaked;? snuck;現在分詞:?sneaking;
中文詞源
sneak 偷偷地走，溜走。
可能來自中古英語 sniken,爬，蜷縮，來自 Proto-Germanic*snikana,爬，來自 PIE*sneg,爬，詞 源同 snail,snake.引申詞義偷偷地走，溜走。
英文詞源
- sneak (v.)
- 1550s (implied in sneakish), perhaps from some dialectal survival of Middle English sniken "to creep, crawl" (c. 1200), related to Old English snican "to sneak along, creep, crawl," from Proto-Germanic *sneikanan, which is related to the root of snake (n.). Of feelings, suspicions, etc., from 1748. Transitive sense, "to partake of surreptitiously" is from 1883. Related: Sneaking. Sneak-thief first recorded 1859; sneak-preview is from 1938.
- sneak (n.)
- "a sneaking person; mean, contemptible fellow," 1640s, from sneak (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. Sometimes our expectations sneak up on us unawares.
- 有些時候，我們期待的事情會不期而至。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Don't sneak away and hide.
- 別溜走藏起來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They attended a sneak preview of the winter fashion collection.
- 他們參觀了一次對內的冬季時裝預展.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Don't you be a sneak!
- 不許你告訴老師!
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. Don't trust that sneak.
- 別相信那個家伙.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》