Snub



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.冷落, 不理睬
• ［英］ v.冷落, 不理睬 ( to treat with contempt or neglect)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (snubbed; snubbing)

• Etymology: Middle English snibben, snubben, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse snubba to scold, Swedish dialect snubba to reproach, cut off
• Date: 13th century
• 1. to check or stop with a cutting retort ; rebuke
• 2.
  • a. to check (as a line) suddenly while running out especially by turning around a fixed object (as a post or a cleat); also to check the motion of by snubbing a line <snub the anchor>
  • b. to restrain the action of ; suppress <snub a vibration>
• 3. to treat with contempt or neglect <snub an old acquaintance>
• 4. to extinguish by stubbing <snub out a cigarette>

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• an act or an instance of snubbing; especially slight

III. adjective

• Date: 1724
• 1. (or snubbed) blunt, stubby <a snub nose>
• 2. used in snubbing <snub line>
• ? snubness noun

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