snare英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).

— He […] watched Beavis’s long-toothed mouth open and clap to like a rabbit snare.
A mental or psychological trap.

— If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee:
A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.
A snare drum.

动词 v.

To catch or hold, especially with a loop. transitive

— The mournful crocodile / With sorrow snares relenting passengers.
To ensnare. figuratively,transitive
To play (a snare drum, or a beat on or as if on a snare drum). intransitive,transitive,uncommon

— […] the slightest recollection of hearing the wind whistling through the cracks in the old house or the rain snaring its tat-a-tat on the rusty tin roof.

词形变化

snares plural snares present,singular,third-person snaring participle,present snared participle,past snared past

词汇关系

词源

词源 1

From Middle English snare, from Old English sneare (“snare, noose”), from Proto-West Germanic *snarhā, from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ (“a sling; loop; noose”). Cognate with Old Norse snara. Also related to German Schnur and Dutch snaar, snoer.

词源 2

From Middle English snare, from Old English sneare (“snare, noose”), from Proto-West Germanic *snarhā, from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ (“a sling; loop; noose”). Cognate with Old Norse snara. Also related to German Schnur and Dutch snaar, snoer.