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snippy

/snip-ee/US // ˈsnɪp i //UK // (ˈsnɪpɪ) //

嗅觉灵敏,嗅觉,嗅觉敏锐,嗅觉灵敏的

Related Words

abrupt突然的,骤然,突然,突发blunt直言不讳,直率的,钝的,直率brief简介,简要,简短的,简短brusque粗鲁的,粗鲁,蛮横的,粗糙的churlish厚颜无耻,无聊,无礼,无礼的gruff粗糙的,粗鲁的,粗暴的,粗糙的声音impertinent不礼貌的,无礼,不礼貌,无礼的rude无礼,无礼的,不客气,不客气的sharp尖锐,犀利,尖锐的,锐利sharp-tongued嘴尖的,嘴尖嘴利,嘴尖,嘴利snappish尖刻的,尖锐的,尖刻,尖刻的人snippety嗅觉,嗅探,嗅嗅,嗅觉敏感

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    snip·pi·er, snip·pi·est.

    • : sharp or curt, especially in a supercilious or haughty way; impertinent.
    • : scrappy or fragmentary.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.curt
Synonyms
abrupt突然的,骤然,突然,突发blunt直言不讳,直率的,钝的,直率brief简介,简要,简短的,简短brusque粗鲁的,粗鲁,蛮横的,粗糙的churlish厚颜无耻,无聊,无礼,无礼的gruff粗糙的,粗鲁的,粗暴的,粗糙的声音impertinent不礼貌的,无礼,不礼貌,无礼的rude无礼,无礼的,不客气,不客气的sharp尖锐,犀利,尖锐的,锐利sharp-tongued嘴尖的,嘴尖嘴利,嘴尖,嘴利snappish尖刻的,尖锐的,尖刻,尖刻的人snippety嗅觉,嗅探,嗅嗅,嗅觉敏感

Examples

  • Saving Mr. Banks is more than a movie about a snippy curmudgeon who excels at amusing put downs.

  • Look at the snippy press release HP put out in reaction to the deal for its rival.

  • Starr remembered getting snippy with Ortega one time when she left the clothes in the laundry too long.

  • It was a snippy sort of a look, Betty thought, that this girl directed toward her.

  • The thing that I resent most is the mean remarks those snippy girls make about her.

  • Surely that snippy little note, in which you call me—me, a perfect stranger—names!

  • "Yes, or when you're put in a snippy little room 'way at the top of the house with nothin' in it," growled Nancy.

  • Putty Doane was taken prisoner by the Germans atOh, see that gang of up-townersarent they snippy and patronizing and silly?

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