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ldoce_308_asnap1 /snæp/ ●●● W3 verb (snapped, snapping)
1  break 折斷 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BREAK to break with a sudden sharp noise, or to make something do this （使）啪的一聲折斷 [斷開]；使啪嗒作響
A twig snapped under my feet.
一根細枝在我腳下嚓一聲斷開了。
The wind snapped branches and power lines.
大風刮斷了樹枝和輸電線。
snap (something) off (something)
I snapped the ends off the beans and dropped them into a bowl.
我把菜豆掐掉兩頭，扔進碗裏。
snap (something) in two/in half (=break into two pieces) 把（某物）折成兩半
The teacher snapped the chalk in two and gave me a piece.
老師把粉筆折成兩段，給了我一段。
► see thesaurus at break →4  See picture of 見圖 BREAK 1 →5 see picture at 見圖 break1
2  move into position 移入位置 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]XX to move into a particular position suddenly, making a short sharp noise, or to make something move like this （使）突然啪地移動〔至某位置〕
snap together/back etc
The pieces just snap together like this.
兩個部件就像這樣啪嗒一聲合起來。
The policeman snapped the handcuffs around her wrist.
警察用手铐啪的一聲铐住她的手腕。
snap (something) open/shut
She snapped her briefcase shut.
她啪嗒一聲合上公文包。
3  say STH angrily 怒氣沖沖地說 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]ANGRY to say something quickly in an angry way 厲聲說（話），怒氣沖沖地說（話）
‘What do you want?’ Mike snapped.
“你想幹什麽？”邁克厲聲說道。
snap at
He snapped at Walter for no reason.
他無緣無故地斥責了沃爾特一頓。
4  become angry/anxious etc 變得生氣/焦慮等 [intransitiveI]CONTROL# to suddenly stop being able to control your anger, anxiety, or other feelings in a difficult situation 〔精神等〕突然崩潰，突然失去自制力
The stress began to get to her, and one morning she just snapped.
她開始受不了這樣的壓力，一天早晨突然就崩潰了。
Something inside him snapped, and he hit her.
他一下子火起來，動手打了她。
5  animal 動物 [intransitiveI]BITE if an animal such as a dog snaps, it tries to bite you 〔狗等〕咬，噬
snap at
The dog started snapping at my heels.
這條狗開始咬我的鞋跟。
6  photograph 攝影 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] informalTCPPICTURE to take a photograph 給…拍照，拍攝〔照片〕
Dave snapped a picture of me and Sonia.
戴夫給我和索尼娅拍了一張照片。
7. snap your fingers HBHATTENTIONto make a short sharp noise by moving one of your fingers quickly against your thumb, for example in order to get someone’s attention or to mark the beat of music 打響指
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snap your fingers• Those were the times when a hunter found out how good he was.. Granny snapped her fingers.• One of the guys snaps his fingers, and the nearest workman veers in a sharp turn and sprints to his side.• The nurse snapped her fingers, and they sprang into motion.• Zak snapped his fingers even faster and started humming.• He gave a royal snort, either of disappointment or relief, and snapped his fingers for another round of wine.• Zak was nodding his mop of curls beside me and had begun snapping his fingers rather fast.• When finished, each boy was to raise his hand and snap his fingers to be acknowledged.• Those riverbeds could snap an axle as crisply as the way that Zervos snapped his fingers when he danced.
8  snap to it spokenHURRY used to tell someone to hurry and do something immediately 趕快，快幹〔用於催促别人〕
Come on, snap to it – get that room cleaned up!
來，快點，把那個房間打掃幹淨！
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snap to it• Come on, snap to it, get that room cleaned up!• The heat shimmering over the asphalt had no snap to it; time drifted by.
9  stop 停止 [transitiveT] American EnglishAmE to end a series of events – used especially in newspapers 結束，停止〔一系列事件，尤用於報紙上〕
The Rockets snapped a seven-game losing streak by beating Portland.
火箭隊擊敗波特蘭隊，結束了連輸七場的黴運。
10. snap to attention PMAif soldiers snap to attention, they suddenly stand very straight 〔士兵們〕猛地立正
11 snap on/off phrasal verbphr v SWITCH ON OR OFFto switch something on or off, or to switch on or off 開/關〔某物〕
A light snapped on in one of the huts.
其中有一間小屋的燈亮了。
snap something ↔ on/off
Kathy snapped off the light.
凱西把燈關掉。
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snap on/off• The light trained on his bed snaps off.• The satellite and more than 12 miles of tether linking it to Columbia snapped on Feb. 25.• His tormentors had snapped off the lights as they wished him goodnight, and it was completely dark.
12 snap out of something phrasal verbphr v CONTROLto stop being sad or upset and make yourself feel better 打起精神，振作起來
Chantal’s been depressed for days. I wish she’d snap out of it.
尚塔爾情緒低落好幾天了，我希望她能夠振作起來。
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snap out of • He snapped out of a dark fog.• If it were possible to snap out of depression simply by making a proper effort, that illness would disappear.• Perhaps he would snap out of it.
snap out of it• You've been in this mood for days now -- I wish you'd snap out of it.• Perhaps he would snap out of it.• He's so depressed. He doesn't seem able to snap out of it at all.
13 snap somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v 
a) BUYto buy something immediately, especially because it is very cheap 〔尤因十分便宜〕把…趕快買下，搶購
People were snapping up bargains.
人們在搶購便宜貨。
b) ldoce_308.png CHANCE/OPPORTUNITYto eagerly take an opportunity to have someone as part of your company, team etc 急於聘請〔某人〕
Owen was snapped up by Liverpool before he’d even left school.
歐文還沒有離開學校就被利物浦隊搶去了。
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snap up• An obsessed public snapped them up.• Any place will snap us up.• He had met a jewel and he snapped her up.• Is that a good reason to snap it up?• She snapped him up as soon as he finished the sausage she fed him and he crawled into her bed crying.• I had thought my trader friend had snapped them up from stupid dealers at other firms.• If I don't snap you up some one else will, won't they?• The line became instantly popular and managements all over the world were impatient to snap them up whenever they were free.
→ snap-on
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snap• "Can't you see I'm eating?" Mattie snapped.• When he hit me across the face, I just snapped.• As the pounding got louder and louder, suddenly Christine snapped.• Her twig-thin legs seemed fit to snap.• Charlotte's patience suddenly snapped.• Cheaper versions are made of metal that could rust and snap.• Mel snapped a picture with his pocket camera.• The Rockets finally snapped a seven-game losing streak by defeating Portland.• Melanie Smithson, who is accused of murdering her husband, has claimed that she snapped after years of violence and abuse.• Leroy finally snapped and attacked his tormentors.• The nurse snapped her fingers, and they sprang into motion.• He accidentally snapped his putter in half during one tournament.• As soon as the ball was snapped, I took off after them.• Power lines snapped in the high winds.• One hundred feet up it snapped into full canopy.• The tip of the Christmas tree snapped off when it fell.• Sliding them on to the desk, she snapped open her briefcase and took out her calculator.• High winds snapped power lines in the city, leaving more than 9000 people without power.• The cops snapped the handcuffs back onto the prisoner.• But the actors snap the movie back to life with sharply observed emotion.• And then holding the cigarette in front of his face he snapped the tip like some breaker of bread.• He hit a rock and snapped the truck's axle.• A twig snapped under his foot.• One of the strings on my guitar snapped when I was tuning it.
snap (something) off (something)• Bernice took a few moments break from her search to reach up and snap it off.• Suddenly the top of the cage snapped clean off.• Would the wind snap the roof off?• Then snap punch off the front fist into the opponent's face.• He hit a low, snap duck-hook off the tee, which I have very seldom ever seen him do.• The gusts are becoming malevolent, snapping the heads off the waves like daisies.• There's no need to snap my head off this early in the morning.
snap (something) open/shut• He took his gold watch out of his waistcoat pocket and snapped it open.• Goldie, replete, snaps her eyes shut and is soon snoring.• Cocking her head, she snapped the fan shut and pointed it at him.• A police officer grabbed the phone, snapped it shut and searched Mauss.• Once, in a moment of despair, he snapped his Bible shut and squashed them to a paste.• With a small exclamation she snapped the book shut, but before she could get to her feet Marc glanced up.• A couple of wires in his damaged wing snapped, dashing open the fabric.• There's not a huge level of power available-you can snap the throttle open without feeling intimidated.
snap at• Sean came running around the corner of the house with a small dog snapping at his heels.• Pitino snapped at one reporter who approached him after the game.• Every time your puppy snaps at someone, give him a smack on the butt with a rolled up newspaper.• Ginger was snapping at their heels.
Something ... snapped• And finally, something inside me snapped.• And the night of the murder something snapped.• Something snapped in him and he hit her.• I have no time for people who lose their temper with animals but something snapped in my mind then.• Then something snapped inside him; all the choked up hatred he had for Luke suddenly spewed out.• And then something snapped inside the little cook.
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snap2 noun
1  sound 聲音 [singular]SOUNDBREAK a sudden loud sound, especially made by something breaking or closing 啪嗒一聲〔尤指突然折斷或關上某物發出的聲音〕
He shut the book with a snap.
他啪的一聲把書合上。
→5  See picture of snap your fingers:打響指
2  photograph 照片 [countableC] especially British EnglishBrE informalTCP a photograph taken quickly and often not very skilfully 快照〔通常技巧不高〕 SYN snapshot
holiday snaps
假日留影
3  be a snap American EnglishAmE informalEASY to be very easy to do 輕而易舉
The test was a snap.
這次測驗容易得很。
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be a snap• Margaret and Jack Carolan, from Huyton, had sneaked a camera inside and were snapping off shots as keepsakes.• As soon as the ball was snapped, I took off after them.• The Oilers called timeout before the ball was snapped, so there was no penalty.• Managing a team of millionaires can be a snap compared to a team of 12-year-olds, however.• Customers are snapping up the top quality magazine with its wonderful photography and editorial.• Pasta dough is a snap to make.• No sooner had Vasili's feet touched the ground than a pair of tight-fitting handcuffs was snapped around his wrists.• An immediately adjacent specimen was snap frozen in the endoscopy suite.• After this morning he thinks the Big Nurse is going to be a snap.
4  clothing 衣服 [countableC] American EnglishAmEDCC a small metal fastener on clothes that works when you press its two parts together 揿扣，摁扣，子母扣 SYN British English press stud
baby clothing with snaps
帶揿扣的嬰兒服
→5 see picture at 見圖 button1
5  a snap of somebody’s fingers HBHa sudden sound made by quickly moving one of your fingers against your thumb 一聲響指
At a snap of his owner’s fingers, the dog came running.
主人打了個響指，那狗就跑過來了。
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a snap of somebody’s fingers• What else? exclaimed Papa with a snap of his fingers.
6. game 遊戲 [uncountableU]DGC a card game in which players put down one card after another and try to be the first to shout ‘Snap!’ when there are two cards that are the same “對兒”牌戲〔玩家輪流出牌，出現兩張相同紙牌時要搶先叫 “對兒”〕
→ cold snap
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snap• She showed me a snapshot of her three children.• They're just snapshots, but some of them are really good.• Nick closed the lid with a snap.• Kirov chose another snap which he had taken at a pavement cafe in Tbilisi, bringing his final selection to four.• Did you take any snaps in Greece?• Despite the cold snap, a white Christmas was an unlikely prospect for most people.• Moreover, demand for heating oil did not meet expectations during the cold snaps over the last two months.• With the Jags, he cut the number down to 10 plays, to be run consecutively from the first snap.• The all important hip-consciousness of Manchester wholeheartedly jerked to the harsh snap of the Linn Drum.• Patrick was showing his holiday snaps to everyone in the office.• Everyone is enormously excited and Kate and Paul keep the Polaroid snap of the Mango.• Elvis Grbac took the snap, tucked his body into a tight C and dropped it into the end zone.
snap3 adjectiveadj
1. snap judgment/decision SUDDENLYa judgment or decision made quickly, without careful thought or discussion 倉促的判斷/匆忙的決定
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snap judgment/decision• As I begin to uncover a whole new world myself, I see the folly of that snap judgment.• So his leave-taking is no snap decision.• If the failure occurs higher on the launch, again a snap decision can be fatal.• Consultation and investigation Having your say Employers should avoid making snap decisions in cases of sickness absence.• I will not make a snap decision, Lieutenant.• Maxim was about to explain when the lieutenant obviously came to a snap judgment on his military value and slammed out again.• I just made a snap decision that this was where I wanted to be.
2. snap election British EnglishBrE an election that is announced suddenly and unexpectedly 突然宣布的大選，臨時選舉
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snap election• Henry McLeish also promised to address the deep disaffection among Labour backbenchers exposed by his snap election last weekend.
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snap• Snap decisions are not always the best decisions.• Warm frustration had turned cold rage, a snap freeze.• Usually she did not make snap judgements about people.• You make quick, almost snap, judgments.• The cat stance is an ideal stance from which to execute a front snap kick.• The jacket is in a smock style and has two zipped pockets and a snap neck closure.• The Hercules features a Windstopper lined snap neck, two zipped waist pockets and stylish embroidery on the back and front.• Throw a fast snap punch at the opponent's face.• Then snap punch off the front fist into the opponent's face.• Lean away as you do this to avoid getting hit in the face with a snap punch.
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snap4 interjection
1  British EnglishBrESAME used when you see two things that are exactly the same 真巧啊，一模一樣〔發現兩件相同物品時的驚歎語〕
Hey, snap! My hat’s the same as yours.
啊，太巧啦！ 我的帽子和你的一樣。
2. DGCsaid in the game of snap when two cards that are the same are put down “對兒”〔“對兒”牌戲中出現兩張相同紙牌時喊出的話〕
From Longman Business Dictionary
snapsnap /snæp/ verb (snapped, snapping)
→ snap up
Origin snap1
(1400-1500) Dutch Low German snappen
snap1 verbsnap2 nounsnap3 adjectiveadjsnap4 interjection
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