nounwk2中文字网
一. (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a backwk2中文字网
e.g. the quarterback fumbled the snapwk2中文字网
Synonym: centeringwk2中文字网
二. the act of catching an object with the handswk2中文字网
e.g. Mays made the catch with his back to the plate
he made a grab for the ball before it landed
Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away
the infielder's snap and throw was a single motionwk2中文字网
Synonym: catchgrabsnatchwk2中文字网
三. the act of snapping the fingers
movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same handwk2中文字网
e.g. he gave his fingers a snapwk2中文字网
四. any undertaking that is easy to dowk2中文字网
e.g. marketing this product will be no picnicwk2中文字网
Synonym: cinchbreezepicnicduck soupchild's playpushoverwalkoverpiece of cakewk2中文字网
五. a fastener used on clothing
fastens with a snapping soundwk2中文字网
e.g. children can manage snaps better than buttonswk2中文字网
Synonym: snap fastenerpress studwk2中文字网
六. an informal photograph
usually made with a small hand-held camerawk2中文字网
e.g. my snapshots haven't been developed yet
he tried to get unposed shots of his friendswk2中文字网
Synonym: snapshotshotwk2中文字网
七. the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressedwk2中文字网
e.g. the waistband had lost its snapwk2中文字网
Synonym: elasticitywk2中文字网
八. a sudden breakingwk2中文字网
九. a sudden sharp noisewk2中文字网
e.g. the crack of a whip
he heard the cracking of the ice
he can hear the snap of a twigwk2中文字网
Synonym: crackcrackingwk2中文字网
一零. the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same handwk2中文字网
e.g. servants appeared at the snap of his fingerswk2中文字网
一一. a crisp round cookie flavored with gingerwk2中文字网
Synonym: gingersnapginger snapginger nutwk2中文字网
一二. tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sectionswk2中文字网
Synonym: snap beanwk2中文字网
一三. a spell of cold weatherwk2中文字网
e.g. a cold snap in the middle of Maywk2中文字网
verbwk2中文字网
一. break suddenly and abruptly, as under tensionwk2中文字网
e.g. The pipe snappedwk2中文字网
Synonym: crackwk2中文字网
二. close with a snapping motionwk2中文字网
e.g. The lock snapped shutwk2中文字网
三. utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tonewk2中文字网
e.g. The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer
The guard snarled at uswk2中文字网
Synonym: snarlwk2中文字网
四. record on photographic filmwk2中文字网
e.g. I photographed the scene of the accident
She snapped a picture of the Presidentwk2中文字网
Synonym: photographshootwk2中文字网
五. cause to make a snapping soundwk2中文字网
e.g. snap your fingerswk2中文字网
Synonym: clickflickwk2中文字网
六. put in play with a snapwk2中文字网
e.g. snap a footballwk2中文字网
七. to grasp hastily or eagerlywk2中文字网
e.g. Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bonewk2中文字网
Synonym: snatchsnatch upwk2中文字网
八. bring the jaws togetherwk2中文字网
e.g. he snapped indignantlywk2中文字网
九. separate or cause to separate abruptlywk2中文字网
e.g. The rope snapped
tear the paperwk2中文字网
Synonym: tearrupturebustwk2中文字网
一零. lose control of one's emotionswk2中文字网
e.g. When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely
When her baby died, she snappedwk2中文字网
Synonym: break downlose itwk2中文字网
一一. move or strike with a noisewk2中文字网
e.g. he clicked on the light
his arm was snapped forwardwk2中文字网
Synonym: clickwk2中文字网
一二. move with a snapping soundwk2中文字网
e.g. bullets snapped past uswk2中文字网
一三. make a sharp soundwk2中文字网
e.g. his fingers snappedwk2中文字网
Synonym: crackwk2中文字网