单词 | snitch |
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音标 | [snitʃ] |
解释 | v.告密;偷 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 告密(tell about the wrongdoings of a friend);偷(steal by taking quickly) 【例】 Who's snitched my pen? |
字源 | snitch (n.) "informer," 1785, probably from underworld slang meaning "the nose" (1700), which apparently developed from an earlier meaning "fillip on the nose" (1670s). Snitcher in same sense is from 1827. snitch (v.) 1803, "to inform," from snitch (n.). Meaning "to steal, pilfer" is attested from 1904, perhaps a variant of snatch (v.). Related: Snitched; snitching. |
不择手段背单词 | v. 偷偷告密; 偷(不值钱的东西) = pilfer; n 小偷; 告密者 【记】偷偷snatch别人东西的人就是snitch |
趣味全助记 | 【记】snatch 是抢,snitch 是偷;音:小捏扯,蹑扯,蹑手蹑脚地轻轻一捏地扯→偷; 【相关】snatch 是抢,snitch是偷,i比a嘴张的小,代表是小的,偷偷的抢 |
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