snap是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to cause something that is thin to break suddenly and quickly with a cracking sound -- 突然折斷，哢嚓一聲折斷

  • You'll snap that ruler if you bend it too far. 如果你把那把尺子彎得太厲害，它就會哢嚓一下折斷。

  • Some vandal's snapped off my car aerial again. 某個蓄意作惡的傢夥又把我的汽車天線折斷了。

  • When she asked me to postpone my trip to help her move to her new house, I just snapped (= got angry). 她叫我把旅行延期去幫她搬家時，我一下子就惱火了。

• 1 to move into a position quickly, producing a short noise as if breaking -- （使）啪地突然移動（到某位置）

  • Tendons store elastic energy by stretching and then snapping back into shape like rubber bands. 肌腱透過橡皮筋似的拉伸和迅速縮回貯存了彈力。

  • Simply snap the pieces into place. 把這些小片啪地一聲推到位就行。

  • After substantial losses last year, the company has snapped back to profitability (= started making profits again). 去年出現钜額虧損之後，這家公司的經濟狀況又迅速好轉，開始盈利了。

  • She snapped her book shut and got up to leave. 她啪地闔上書，起身離開了。

  • Her mouth snapped shut when she realized he'd heard everything she'd said about him. 意識到自己所說的一切關於他的話都被他聽到了之後，她立刻閉上了嘴。

• 2 If an animal snaps, it tries to bite someone. -- 咬，咬人

  • The guard dog was snarling and snapping behind the fence. 那條看門狗正在籬笆後面吠咬。

• 3 to say something suddenly in an angry way -- 厲聲說，惡聲惡氣地說

  • There's no need to snap at me - it's not my fault that you lost your wallet. 何必對我這樣口氣這麼差——你丟了錢包又不是我的錯。

  • [ + speech ] "Well, I hate you too!" she snapped. 「哼，我也恨你！」她厲聲說。

• 4 to take a lot of photographs quickly -- 拍快照

  • He was arrested for snapping photos of a military parade. 他因拍攝了閱兵的快照而被逮捕。

  • She's very pleased with her new camera and was snapping away the whole time we were abroad. 她對自己的新相機十分滿意，我們在國外時，她一直不停地拍照。

• 5 to fasten using two small pieces of metal or plastic, one of which is pushed into the other -- 把（兩片金屬或塑膠片）扣上

  • He snapped up his jacket. 他把外套扣上了。

• 6 a sudden loud sound like something breaking or closing -- 喀嚓聲；突然折斷（或闔上）的聲音

  • She broke the stick over her knee with a loud snap. 她哢嚓一聲用膝蓋折斷了棍子。

• 7 an informal photograph that is not very skilful or artistic -- 快照，快相

  • holiday snaps 假期拍的快照

  • Did you take many snaps while you were away? 你出遊的時候拍了很多照片嗎？

• 8 a card game in which the players compete to call out the word "snap" when they see two cards that have the same value -- 呼「同」牌遊戲（一種紙牌遊戲，玩家搶先看到有兩張相同的牌時呼「同」）

  • a game of snap 呼「同」牌遊戲

• 9 something that can be done without any difficulty -- 容易的事，好辦的事

  • "Will you finish on time?" "Sure thing. It's a snap." 「你能按時完成嗎？」「當然，太容易了。」

  • Talking to girls is a snap for him. 和女孩子交談對他來說十分容易。

• 10 in American football, the act of passing the ball backward to start play -- （美式橄欖球）開球

• 11 done suddenly without allowing time for careful thought or preparation -- 匆忙的；不加思索的；不做準備的

  • He always makes snap decisions and never thinks about their consequences. 他總是匆忙作決定，從不考慮後果。

• 12 "Snap!" is what you say in the game of snap when two cards of the same value have been played. -- （呼「同」牌遊戲中的）「同！」

  • Snap! We're wearing the same shirts! 太巧了！我們穿了同樣的襯衫！