1. snap out of it : 突然改变情绪, 突然改变习惯, 改变精神状态, 振作起来;
2. in a snap : 立刻, 马上;
3. snap up : 抢购, 匆匆吃下, 抢先弄到手;
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1. (使)咔嚓一声折断;(使)啪的一声绷断
If something snaps or if you snap it, it breaks suddenly, usually with a sharp cracking noise.
2. (使)发出吧嗒一声(合上或打开)
If you snap something into a particular position, or if it snaps into that position, it moves quickly into that position, with a sharp sound.
3. (打拍子、下指示等时)打响指
If you snap your fingers, you make a sharp sound by moving your middle finger quickly across your thumb, for example in order to accompany music or to order someone to do something.
4. 恶声恶气地说;声色俱厉地说
If someone snaps at you, they speak to you in a sharp, unfriendly way.
5. 突然精神崩溃;突然失控
If someone snaps, or if something snaps inside them, they suddenly stop being calm and become very angry because the situation has become too tense or too difficult for them.
6. (狗等动物)突然咬,猛咬
If an animal such as a dog snaps at you, it opens and shuts its jaws quickly near you, as if it were going to bite you.
7. (决定、行动等)突然的,仓促的,鲁莽的
A snap decision or action is one that is taken suddenly, often without careful thought.
8. 照片
A snap is a photograph.
9. 给…拍照
If you snap someone or something, you take a photograph of them.
10. “捉对儿”(一种简单的扑克牌游戏,参加者轮流亮牌叠成一叠,争取在出现同点数或同人头的两张牌时,先喊snap以赢得整叠牌)
Snap is a simple British card game in which the players take turns to put cards down on a pile, and try to be the first to shout 'snap' when two cards with the same number or picture are put down.
11. “哟!”(对两件物品相似之极发出的惊叹)
You can say 'Snap!' as an expression of surprise when you realize that two things are the same or very similar, for example if you meet a friend wearing the same shirt as you.
12. 同 snap fastener
A snap is the same as a snap fastener .
13. see also: cold snap
相关词组:snap out ofsnap up
1. (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
e.g. the quarterback fumbled the snap
Synonym: centering
2. the act of catching an object with the hands
e.g. Mays made the catch with his back to the plate
he made a grab for the ball before it landed
Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away
the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion
3. the act of snapping the fingers
movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
e.g. he gave his fingers a snap
4. any undertaking that is easy to do
e.g. marketing this product will be no picnic
Synonym: cinchbreezepicnicduck soupchild's playpushoverwalkoverpiece of cake
5. a fastener used on clothing
fastens with a snapping sound
e.g. children can manage snaps better than buttons
Synonym: snap fastenerpress stud
6. an informal photograph
usually made with a small hand-held camera
e.g. my snapshots haven't been developed yet
he tried to get unposed shots of his friends
7. the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
e.g. the waistband had lost its snap
Synonym: elasticity
8. a sudden breaking
9. a sudden sharp noise
e.g. the crack of a whip
he heard the cracking of the ice
he can hear the snap of a twig
10. the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
e.g. servants appeared at the snap of his fingers
11. a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
Synonym: gingersnapginger snapginger nut
12. tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
Synonym: snap bean
13. a spell of cold weather
e.g. a cold snap in the middle of May