sneak
英 [sniːk]
美 [sniːk]
- vi. 溜；鬼鬼祟祟做事；向老师打小报告
- vt. 偷偷地做；偷偷取得
- n. 鬼鬼祟祟的人；偷偷摸摸的行为；告密者
- adj. 暗中进行的
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中文词源
sneak 偷偷地走，溜走。
可能来自中古英语 sniken,爬，蜷缩，来自 Proto-Germanic*snikana,爬，来自 PIE*sneg,爬，词 源同 snail,snake.引申词义偷偷地走，溜走。
英语词源
- sneak (v.)
- 1550s (implied in sneakish), perhaps from some dialectal survival of Middle English sniken "to creep, crawl" (c. 1200), related to Old English snican "to sneak along, creep, crawl," from Proto-Germanic *sneikanan, which is related to the root of snake (n.). Of feelings, suspicions, etc., from 1748. Transitive sense, "to partake of surreptitiously" is from 1883. Related: Sneaking. Sneak-thief first recorded 1859; sneak-preview is from 1938.
- sneak (n.)
- "a sneaking person; mean, contemptible fellow," 1640s, from sneak (v.).
权威例句
- 1. Sometimes our expectations sneak up on us unawares.
- 有些时候，我们期待的事情会不期而至。
- 2. Don't sneak away and hide.
- 别溜走藏起来。
- 3. They attended a sneak preview of the winter fashion collection.
- 他们参观了一次对内的冬季时装预展.
- 4. Don't you be a sneak!
- 不许你告诉老师!
- 5. Don't trust that sneak.
- 别相信那个家伙.