a snap of one's fingers
常与 with 连用，说明动作的方式；one's 随主语变化，如 his、her。
She got our attention with a snap of her fingers.
她打了个响指，让我们注意她。
啪的一声；爆裂声
snaps — plural of snap
突然断裂；折断；突然弹开；猛然松开；弹指；打响指；一瞬间；轻而易举的事；Snapchat快照
a sharp cracking or popping sound, or the act of making it
快速的断裂或爆裂声,或产生这种声音的动作。
A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
通过Snapchat应用发送的视觉消息。
A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
突然的断裂。
A sudden break.
试图抓住、咬、攻击或抢夺。
An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
弹响指的动作；用拇指压住手指然后突然松开击打手掌发出声音。
The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
使用时发出啪嗒声的扣件。
A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
受压或张紧物体的突然释放。
The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
薄的圆形饼干或类似烘焙食品。
A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
某种天气的短暂突然变化；主要用于词组“cold snap”(寒流)。
A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
极短的时间(比喻弹一下手指的时间),或能在此时段完成的任务。
A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
菜豆,如普通菜豆。
A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
橄榄球中从地面将球向后传或交手递出使球进入比赛状态；中锋发球。
A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
类似别针的小装置,用于将饵或假饵连接在鱼线上。
A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
主要供儿童玩的纸牌游戏,玩家翻出配对牌时喊“snap”来认领。
A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
被或可被一把抓取的东西；一口咬下、攫取或瞬间得到的东西；因此指一口、一小块或碎片；零头。
That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
轻快；活力；精力；果断。
Briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
叩头虫,即磕头虫。
A snapper, or snap beetle.
火器的快速随手射击；急射。
A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
“Snap”的另一种大小写形式。
Alternative letter-case form of Snap.
为Canonical开发的应用程序沙盒系统snapd提供的软件包。
A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
干脆或精炼的特点；警句式的要点或力度。
A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
铆工使用的工具。
A tool used by riveters.
玻璃模工使用的工具。
A tool used by glass-moulders.
新闻快讯。
A newsflash.
源自crunk的嘻哈音乐子流派。
A subgenre of hip-hop music derived from crunk.
The dry branch broke with a sharp snap.
干树枝啪的一声折断了。
用法提示：snap 作名词，指断裂时发出的清脆响声。
She closed her laptop with a snap.
她啪的一声合上了笔记本电脑。
用法提示：snap 作名词，指发出啪嗒声的动作。
The rope broke with a sudden snap.
绳子突然啪的一声断了。
用法提示：snap 作名词，表示突然断裂及伴随的响声。
常与 with 连用，说明动作的方式；one's 随主语变化，如 his、her。
She got our attention with a snap of her fingers.
她打了个响指，让我们注意她。
表示伴随突然的断裂声，多与 break、close、open 等动作动词连用。
The dry branch broke with a snap.
干树枝啪的一声断了。
非正式说法，意思是“很快、轻而易举”，一般放在句末。
Don't worry — I can fix it in a snap.
别担心，我一下子就能修好。
与 snap 最接近，常指树枝、骨头等断裂时发出的清脆响声；但 crack 还可指“裂缝”，该义项下不可替换 snap。
指短促的爆裂声，常用于瓶塞、爆米花、气球等，不表示物体断裂的声音。
指轻微短促的机械声，如鼠标、开关发出的咔嗒声，不是断裂声。
grammar · medium
易错句子There was cold snap last week and the pipes froze.
正确表达There was a cold snap last week and the pipes froze.
cold snap 在此为可数名词的单数形式，前面必须加限定词，如不定冠词 a。汉语没有冠词系统，单数可数名词常被直接裸用，因此容易漏掉 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子We've already had two cold snap this month.
正确表达We've already had two cold snaps this month.
cold snap 是可数名词，前面有基数词 two 时必须用复数形式 snaps。汉语名词不随数量改变形态，因此容易忘记加 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子Don't worry, I'll be back at a snap.
正确表达Don't worry, I'll be back in a snap.
表示“很快、马上”的固定短语是 in a snap，介词只能用 in，不能用 at。汉语“在……”常被直译为 at，因而造成误用。
针对 snap 的名词义项“轻而易举的事”（即快速完成的任务）；challenge 指困难的任务，与“易事”相对，不可用于 snap 的“爆裂声”等义项。
针对 snap 的名词义项“轻而易举的事”；struggle 指需要很大气力的事，与“易事”相对，注意此处不是“斗争/挣扎”的动作义。
骤然降温；寒流
The cold snap in January surprised everyone.
一月份的骤然降温让所有人都很意外。
按扣；揿钮
The baby's clothes have snap fasteners for quick changes.
宝宝的衣服有按扣，方便快速更换。
打响指
He got the waiter's attention with a snap of his fingers.
他打了个响指引起服务员的注意。
发送Snapchat消息
He sends a snap to his girlfriend every day.
他每天给女朋友发一条Snapchat消息。
树枝折断的声音
The snap of a twig told us someone was approaching.
树枝折断的声音告诉我们有人来了。
轻而易举的事；小菜一碟
The test was a snap for her.
这次考试对她来说是小菜一碟。
转眼间；极快地
He fixed the computer in a snap.
他转眼间就把电脑修好了。
寒流；骤冷期
A cold snap hit the city last week.
上周一股寒流袭击了这座城市。
有了全部六颗宝石，我只需轻轻打个响指，他们就会全部消失。我称之为仁慈。
Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War (2018), explaining his plan to wipe out half of all life with the Infinity Gauntlet.
《复仇者联盟3：无限战争》（2018）中灭霸解释他利用无限手套消灭一半生命的计划时所说。
清醒一点！
Loretta, played by Cher, says this to Ronny in Moonstruck (1987) after slapping him to break his mood.
1987年电影《月色撩人》中，雪儿饰演的洛蕾塔打了罗尼一巴掌后，对他说这句话让他清醒过来。
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一转眼；马上
Don't worry; I'll finish this in a snap.
别担心，我马上就能做完这个。