snore: [14] Like snort [14] (which originally meant ‘snore’), snore goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic base *snor-, imitative of the sound it represents. From the same source came German schnarchen ‘snore’, which produced the German dialect noun schnorchel ‘snout’. The mainstream language adopted it as a term for a ‘breathing tube’, and English borrowed it as snorkel [20]. => snorkel, snort
snore (v.)
mid-15c., probably related to snort (v.) and both probably of imitative origin (compare Dutch snorken, Middle High German snarchen, German schnarchen, Swedish snarka; see snout). Related: Snored; snoring.
snore (n.)
mid-14c., "a snort;" c. 1600, "act of snoring," of imitative origin; see snore (v.).
雙語例句
1. Uncle Arthur, after a loud snore, woke suddenly.
阿瑟叔叔打了一個響鼾后，突然醒了過來。
來自柯林斯例句
2. His loud snore kept me awake.
他的鼾聲大得使我睡不著.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. To sleep on my own and not hear the boys snore or grunt was pure bliss.
自己一個人睡、不用聽男孩們的鼾聲或咕噥聲簡直是幸福極了。
來自柯林斯例句
4. As the night deepened, Huck began to nod, and presently to snore.
夜色漸深, 哈克打起盹來, 不久便鼾聲大作.
來自英漢文學 - 湯姆歷險
5. A measured, muffled snore issued from Aunt Polly's chamber.