英和和英

名詞

snap (複数形 snaps)

1. A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
2. A sudden break.
3. An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
4. The act of making a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and a opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm.
5. A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
6. A photograph (an abbreviation of snapshot)
7. The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
8. A thin circular cookie or similar good:

   a ginger snap

9. A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
10. A very short period of time (比喩的に, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.

    It'll be a snap to get that finished.

    I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap.

11. A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
12. (米国用法 football) The passing of a football from the center to a back that begins play, a hike.
13. (somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
14. (regional) A small meal, a snack.
    • 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 89:

      When I went to put my coat on at snap time, what should go runnin' up my arm but a mouse.

15. (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards.
    • Snap (game) on Wikipedia.

動詞

to snap (三人称単数 現在形 snaps, 現在分詞 snapping, 過去形および過去分詞形 snapped)

1. (intransitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.

   He got socked with long penalty when he snapped his stick over the goalie's head.

   We pick and snap the green beans and the wives can 'em.

2. (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
3. (intransitive) To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.
4. (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
5. (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.

   He snapped at me for the slightest mistake.

6. (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
7. (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.

   She should take a break before she snaps.

8. (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
9. (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
10. (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
11. (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
12. (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
13. (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, such as a fastener.
14. (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
15. (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and aa opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm.
16. (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
17. (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).

    He snapped a picture of me with my mouth open and my eyes closed.

18. (transitive) (米国用法 football) To pass the ball from the center to a back; to hike the ball.

    He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him.

派生語

• snap at someone's heels
• snap someone's head off
• snap up
• unsnap

間投詞

snap!

1. The winning cry at a game of snap.
2. Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.

   "I just ran over your phone with my car." "Oh, snap!"

3. (英国用法, Australian) Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.

   "Wasn't that John?" "Wasn't that John?" "Snap!"

4. (英国用法) By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same." or similar
5. (英国用法) Synonym: "same here", "I like you." "Snap!", "I like you, too."

同意語

• (used after simultaneous utterance): jinx

アナグラム

• naps, NSPA, pans, SPAN, span