snirt

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A suppressed laugh; a sharp intake of breath. Scotland
  2. Snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed. Canada,US,uncountable
    — We then have what we call ‘snirt’ storms.
动词 v.
  1. To give a suppressed laugh or sharp intake of breath. Scotland
    — "He grins, and snirts, and thraws ye ken —

词形变化

snirts present,singular,third-person snirting participle,present snirted participle,past snirted past snirts plural

词源

词源 1
Origin uncertain. Either from Middle English snurten (“to sneer; snort, snore”), a variation of snorten (“to snort”); or from Middle English *snyrten, an alteration of fnyrten, fnerten, from Old English fnǣrettan. Compare also Norwegian snurt (“vexed, peevish”), Middle English snirt (“stern, gloomy”).
词源 2
Blend of snow + dirt.
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