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.).
雙語例句
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.