英和和英

形容詞

snatchy (comparative snatchier, superlative snatchiest)

1. In snatches or glimpses.
   • 1902, Amanda Minnie Douglas, A Sherburne quest (page 332)

     We listen to a snatchy talk on one thing and then another, and abstruse questions that are like the Scotchman's definition of metaphysics.

   • 1922, G. Stanley Hall, Jesus, the Christ, in the Light of Psychology

     The long-desired vision came first to Peter in Galilee in the morning twilight, and something of the kind perhaps happened to others; but of all this we have only garbled and snatchy reports.

   • 1990, Kan Yashiroda, Bonsai: Special Techniques (page 18)

     In positioning the branches, remember that the foliage should be arranged to give snatchy views of the two trunks all the way to the top.