• vt. 冷落；嚴厲斥責；掐滅
• n. 冷落；斥責；突然的停止
• adj. 制動用的；短扁上翹的

可能來自輔音叢 sn-,鼻子，聞，嗅，發鼻音，比較 sneer,snore,snicker,sniff,snuff.用于指短平 而上翹的的鼻子，引申動詞詞義冷落，怠慢等。

snub (v.)

mid-14c., "to check, reprove, rebuke," from Old Norse snubba "to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove." The ground sense is perhaps "to cut off," and the word probably is related to snip. Compare Swedish snobba "lop off, snuff (a candle)," Old Norse snubbotr "snubbed, nipped, with the tip cut off." Meaning "treat coldly" appeared early 18c. Related: Snubbed; snubbing.

snub (adj.)

"short and turned up," 1725, in snub-nosed, from snub (v.). The connecting notion is of being "cut short."

snub (n.)

"rebuke, intentional slight," 1530s, from snub (v.).

1. Ryan took it as a snub.

瑞安覺得這是一種怠慢。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He took the opportunity to deliver us another snub.

他借機再次冷落我們.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The German move was widely seen as a deliberate snub to Mr Cook.

德國方面的舉動被普遍視為對庫克先生的有意怠慢。

來自柯林斯例句

4. His cancellation of the concert was seen as a deliberate snub to the organizers.

他取消了演唱會,這被認為是對主辦者的刻意抵制.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He nested his snub face on the sheets beside her and they cried together.

他挨著她把扁臉貼在床單上,兩人哭作一團.

來自辭典例句