sny
英语
发音
词源1
最早见于晚期中古英语;源自中古英语 snyȝe (“爬行”);类似丹麦语 snige (“溜走”), 爱尔兰语 snighim,古爱尔兰语 snaighim。
动词
sny(第三人称单数简单现在时 snies,现在分词 snying,一般过去时及过去分词 snied)
参考资料
- “” listed on page 343 of volume IX, part I (Si–St) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1919]
† Sny, v. Obs. — 1 In 5 snyȝe. [Of obscure origin.] intr. To move, proceed. [¶] a 1400–50 Alexander 4095 Þan snyȝes þar, out of þat snyth hill.., A burly best. - “” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
词源2
最早见于1674年;词源不明。
其他写法
- (词尾为辅音) snithe, snive
- (发音为[snaɪ]) snie, sny, snye
- (发音为[sniː]) snee
动词
sny(第三人称单数简单现在时 snies,现在分词 snying,一般过去时及过去分词 snied)
- (现〈方〉)〈不及物〉 大量存在,成群出现
- 1913, 大卫·赫伯特·劳伦斯,《儿子与情人》,第四章
- “And did you kill it?”
“I did, for they’re a nuisance. The place is fair snied wi’ ‛em.”
- “And did you kill it?”
- 1913, 大卫·赫伯特·劳伦斯,《儿子与情人》,第四章
参考资料
- “” listed on page 343 of volume IX, part I (Si–St) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1919]
Sny (snəi), v. Now dial. Forms: 7 snithe, 9 snive; 7, 9 snie, 8–9 sny, 9 snye; 7, 9 snee. [Of obscure origin.] intr. To abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something. [¶] 1674 Ray N.C. Words 44 To Snee or snie, to abound or swarm. He snies with Lice, he swarms with them. 1675 V. Alsop Anti-sozzo 503 Certainly never did man so snithe with prejudices against Truth. c 1746 J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lanc. Dial. Gloss., Snye, to swarm. 1849 Howitt Year Bk. Country 242/32 The villages in the forest sny with children. 1882 Echo 16 Jan. 4/1 The place literally ‘snives’ with rabbits. 1897 J. Prior Ripple & Flood xix, The watter snies wi’ fish. - “” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
词源3
最早见于1711年;词源不明。对比snying、丹麦语 sno (“盘绕”,“缠绕”)。
名词
sny(复数 snies)
参考资料
- “” listed on page 343 of volume IX, part I (Si–St) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1919]
Sny (snəi), sb. Shipbuilding. [Cf. Snying vbl. sb.] (See quots. 1846 and 1875.) [¶] a. 1711 W. Sutherland Shipbuild. Assist. 54 In working up a round Buttock of a Ship, the lower Edge of the Planks will have a sudden Sny aft. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 288 In shipbuilding, a plank is said to have sny, when its edge has an upward curve. [¶] b. c 1850 Rudim. Nav. (Weale) 149 The great sny occasioned in full bows..is..to be prevented by introducing steelers. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech. 2232/1 Sny,..the trend of the lines of a ship upward from amidship toward the bow and the stern. - “” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
词源4
本拼法最早见于1893年;参见snye。
名词
sny(复数 snies)
- 〈古〉 小水道,支航道
- 1893, 马克·吐温,《汤姆·索亚在国外》,《汤姆·索亚探案》等系列故事 (1896),
- “Well, Mars Tom, my idea is like dis. It ain’t no use, we can’t kill dem po’ strangers dat ain’t doin’ us no harm, till we’ve had practice — I knows it perfectly well, Mars Tom — ‛deed I knows it perfectly well. But ef we takes a’ ax or two, jist you en me en Huck, en slips acrost de river to-night arter de moon’s gone down, en kills dat sick fam’ly dat’s over on the Sny, en burns dey house down, en —”
- 1948, Lawrence Johnstone Burpee [ed.], Canadian Geographical Journal (Royal Canadian Geographical Society), volume 36,
- The word snye, sny or snie has been used for many years to describe a channel behind an island, with slack current or partly dried, or some such similar feature.
- 1893, 马克·吐温,《汤姆·索亚在国外》,《汤姆·索亚探案》等系列故事 (1896),
参考资料
- “” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
异序词
捷克语
发音
- IPA(帮助):[ˈsnɪ]
名词
sny
异序词
波兰语
发音
- IPA(帮助):/snɨ/
名词
sny