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snub-nosed

/snuhb-nohzd/US // ˈsnʌbˌnoʊzd //

蛇鼻式,蛇鼻,蛇鼻头,蛇鼻型

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having a snub nose: a snub-nosed child.
    • : having a blunt end: snub-nosed pliers.

Examples

  • Undeterred by the snub in November, and denied a visa to Italy, Agca made plans for clandestine travel to Vatican City.

  • We sing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Jingle Bells”.

  • But alas, a snub is yet another of the many indignities Valerie Cherish shall endure.

  • The long-nosed, self-described “little New York lover of photography” has embraced the impact his pictures can make.

  • Is it really a snub when Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the one winning the award?

  • The memory of the hawk-nosed, steel-eyed officer who rode from Kurnaul to Meerut in twenty-four hours smote him like a whip.

  • A low slung maroon roadster came down the street and nosed into the mouth of the tarvia drive at Joseph's gate.

  • "I was playin' sock-ball," snuffled the boy, and a solitary tear rolled down his snub nose.

  • Webber pulled out a snub-nosed instrument that looked enough like a gun to be very convincing.

  • Kieran roared again, and Webber pulled the snub-nosed thing out of his pocket.