snook

英 [snuːk]

美 [snuːk]

网络  斯诺克; 努克; 军曹鱼; 锯盖鱼; 史努克

过去式：snook　

BNC.41529

习惯用语

n.

cock a snook at sb/sth
• （说话或做事）明显地表示蔑视；轻蔑；不屑一顾
  to say or do sth that clearly shows you do not respect sb/sth
• to cock a snook at authority
  蔑视权威

英英释义

noun

• large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters

双语例句

• Snook said Riddell planned to represent himself in court.
  斯努克表示，里德尔将会在法庭上进行自我辩护。
• Amelia took regular flying lessons from her instructor NETA snook.
  她的指导老师耐塔。斯努克给她上常规的飞行课。
• He's called snook, and he lives in a village of that ilk.
  他叫斯努克，住在斯努克村。
• The boy cocked a snook at the policemen's back after being scolded.
  那男孩在被训斥之后在警察背后做蔑视的手势。
• Poor and bored, they think it's a bit of a laugh to cock a snook at the cops, and at the "rich people" who own businesses.
  穷人和一些对社会感到厌烦的人们对警察和那些经营自己业务的“富人”嗤之以鼻以及不屑一顾是有点可笑的。
• One of the world's first female pilots, Neta Snook, taught Amelia to fly.
  世界上的第一批女飞行员之一内塔·努克教她如何飞行。
• As a painter, she cocks a snook at traditional techniques.
  作为一名画家，她瞧不起传统画法。
• It's been two hundred years since an Indian cocked a snook at the British Empire and got away with it.
  两百年来能如此藐视大英帝国而且平安无事的印度人就只有你而已。
• Snook's suspicions started when he got a letter from Riddell on behalf of a defendant in a drug case in March.
  检察官斯努克对于里德尔真实身份的怀疑始于今年3月份，当时里德正为一桩毒品案件中的一名被告做代理律师，并且写了一封信给斯努克。
• He ended up getting more letters from Riddell and almost daily phone calls. Then, when he saw Riddell at a hearing, Snook said he started getting very suspicious.
  斯努克后来又接到了多封来自里德尔的信件且双方几乎每天通一次电话。当他某一天在一次听证会上见到里德尔后，他对里德尔身份的怀疑开始加剧。