a snick off sth
板球用语,指球从球棒侧面轻微偏转,常被守门员接住。
The ball carried to the wicketkeeper after a thin snick off the bat.
球擦到球棒边缘后,被守门员接住了。
小切口;划痕;(板球)擦边偏转;纱线结头;纱疵;球从球棒侧面轻微偏转;通常被捕手接住;尖锐的咔嗒声。
球从球棒侧面轻微偏转;通常被捕手接住
A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch.
尖锐的咔嗒声。
A sharp clicking sound.
小切口或标记
A small cut or mark.
纱线中的结或不规则处
A knot or irregularity in yarn.
There is a small snick on the edge of the kitchen counter.
厨房台面的边缘上有一个小切口。
用法提示:snick 是名词,表示‘小切口、划痕’,这里指台面上的一道细微损伤。
She noticed a snick in her favorite leather bag after the trip.
旅行回来后,她注意到她最喜欢的皮包上有一道划痕。
用法提示:snick 作名词,意为‘小划痕’,在本句中描述皮包上细小的表面损伤。
The repairman sanded down the snick on the wooden door.
修理工把木门上的小切口打磨掉了。
用法提示:snick 是名词,指木门上的一道小缺口,句中作宾语。
板球用语,指球从球棒侧面轻微偏转,常被守门员接住。
The ball carried to the wicketkeeper after a thin snick off the bat.
球擦到球棒边缘后,被守门员接住了。
作方式状语,形容短促清脆的咔嗒声。
The lid of the box closed with a snick.
盒盖咔嗒一声合上了。
指纱线等材料中的结或不规则处。
She found a snick in the yarn and cut it out.
她发现纱线上有个结,就把它剪掉了。
指在物体表面留下小切口或划痕。
The chisel left a snick on the edge of the board.
凿子在木板边缘留下了一个小切口。
grammar · medium
易错句子I heard snick from the lock.
正确表达I heard a snick from the lock.
snick 表示“咔嗒声”时是可数名词,单数前需要不定冠词 a;汉语没有冠词,学习者容易漏掉。补上 a 后,a snick 才符合英语可数名词单数的规则。
grammar · medium
易错句子I heard two snick from the lock.
正确表达I heard two snicks from the lock.
数词 two 后面接可数名词时,名词要用复数形式 snicks;汉语名词不随数词变化,所以容易漏写复数词尾 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子The door closed by a snick.
正确表达The door closed with a snick.
表示伴随某种声音发生时,英语常用 with + 声音名词,而不用 by;by 多表示手段或施动者。把 by 改为 with,才能表达“门咔嗒一声关上了”。
两者都可指“小切口/小刻痕”,但 nick 多是硬物磕碰出的明显缺口,常用于刀刃、桌面等具体物体,也可指英式口语“in the nick of time”;snick 的刻痕更轻微,且名词义主要集中在板球擦边球和“尖锐的咔嗒声”上。板球语境中 nick 也偶有“擦边”用法,属语境重叠,但远不如 snick 常见。
click 泛指短促清脆的“咔嗒/点击”声,也是计算机“点击”的常用词,使用范围极广;snick 只指细而轻的一声“嚓/咔”,几乎只出现在板球与织物、纱线的语境里,日常英语中很少用它表示声音,因此表示“咔嗒声”时一般不能互换。
只与 snick 拼写和读音开头相近,意义毫无重叠:snicker 是“窃笑、暗笑”,多作贬义,常与 at 连用;snick 是名词,指轻响、小刻痕或板球擦边,两者不可替换。
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