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snappy

/snap-ee/US // ˈsnæp i //UK // (ˈsnæpɪ) //

蹩脚的,爽快的,爽快,蹩脚

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    snap·pi·er, snap·pi·est.

    • : apt to snap or bite; snappish, as a dog.
    • : impatient or irritable, as a person or a reply.
    • : snapping or crackling in sound, as a fire.
    • : quick or sudden in action or performance.
    • : Informal. crisp, smart, lively, brisk, etc.: Only snappy people get ahead in this world.

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Examples

  • A sloping one suggests light weight and snappy acceleration.

  • Navigation and apps in watchOS have always felt snappy, and that hasn’t changed.

  • Expect snappy dialogue and simmering tension that will inevitably turn romantic.

  • Premiering last August with a snappy theme song urging kids to “stay curious and keep exploring,” the show garnered praise from parents.

  • The game’s combat system of setting up “primers” and “detonators” felt snappy, similar to the one-two combination punches of the “Mass Effect” cooperative system.

  • “I want Ebola to leave Liberia, so I can go to school,” came the snappy retort deciphered by locals.

  • Dad bought Mom a snappy convertible back about the time of the Nixon-Kennedy debates.

  • This is a Joss Whedon production, which means lots of snappy dialogue.

  • But she was magnetic, and I think it was partly her actual voice—the snappy delivery, the distinctive sound.

  • Twain's sartorial splendor was topped off with a snappy violet bow tie.

  • "And make it snappy," added Mollie slangily, as she and Betty disappeared into the adjoining room.

  • In his hand he carried a cane, which he swung with short, snappy strokes, as a man might who was out of temper.

  • Siebold 127 had never seen anything quite so snappy as that.

  • The hand went up, the man straightened and held a fairly snappy salute.

  • He wrestles with problems and cares all day, and when he sits down to read in the evening, he says: "Make it short and snappy."