英汉词典

snag 基本解释

• n. 障碍；意外障碍；突出物
• vt. 抓住机会；造成阻碍；清除障碍物
• vi. 被绊住；形成障碍

snag 词态变化

snag 中文词源

来自古诺斯语 snagi,晾衣架，挂衣钩。引申词义树桩，树枝，后用于指河道中被河水浸没的 树桩，暗桩，因而引申比喻义潜在问题，困难，障碍，引申词义被勾住，被挂住等。

snag 英文词源

snag (n.)

1570s, "stump of a tree, branch," of Scandinavian origin, compare Old Norse snagi "clothes peg," snaga "a kind of ax," snag-hyrndr "snag-cornered, with sharp points." The ground sense seems to be "a sharp protuberance." The meaning "sharp or jagged projection" is first recorded 1580s; especially "tree or branch in water and partly near the surface, so as to be dangerous to navigation" (1807). The figurative meaning "obstacle, impediment" is from 1829.

snag (v.)

"be caught on an impediment," 1807, from snag (n.). Originally in American English, often in reference to steamboats caught on branches and stumps lodged in riverbeds. Of fabric, from 1967. The transitive meaning "to catch, steal, pick up" is U.S. colloquial, attested from 1895. Related: Snagged; snagging.

snag 英文释义

1. a sharp protuberance

2. a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest;

"a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds"

3. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;

"there was a rip in his pants"

"she had snags in her stockings"

4. an unforeseen obstacle

snag 双语例句

1. There is just one small snag—where is the money coming from?

只有一个小问题—钱从哪儿来？

来自《权威词典》

2. The only snag is, I can't afford it!

惟一的困难是, 我付不起这钱!

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. It is to be expected that an experiment will sometimes run into a snag at first.

开始试验时有时不很顺手,也是很自然的.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. The school deals exclusively with children of high academic ability. There is a snag though, it costs £9,600 a year.

这所学校只招收学习能力强的孩子，不过还有个小问题——它每年的学费高达9,600英镑。

来自柯林斯例句

5. A police clampdown on car thieves hit a snag when villains stole one of their cars.

警方打击偷车贼的行动遭遇了一点小挫折：匪徒偷走了一辆警车。

来自辞典例句

snag 实用场景例句

There is just one small snag─where is the money coming from?

只有一个小问题——钱从哪儿来？

牛津词典

Let me know if you run into any snags.

要是遇到什么麻烦就告诉我。

牛津词典

I snagged my sweater on the wire fence.

我的毛衣被铁丝网钩住了。

牛津词典

The fence snagged my sweater.

栅栏把我的毛衣挂住了。

牛津词典

The nets snagged on some rocks.

渔网缠在礁石上了。

牛津词典

I snagged a ride from Joe.

我截住乔的车搭了一段路。

牛津词典

A police clampdown on car thieves hit a snag when villains stole one of their cars...

警方打击偷车贼的行动遭遇了一点小挫折：匪徒偷走了一辆警车。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The school deals exclusively with children of high academic ability. There is a snag though, it costs £9,600 a year.

这所学校只招收学习能力强的孩子，不过还有个小问题——它每年的学费高达 9,600 英镑。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She snagged a heel on a root and tumbled to the ground...

她脚后跟被一个树根绊了一下，踉踉跄跄地摔倒在地上。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Brambles snagged his suit...

荆棘把他的西服钩住了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There was the traffic snag for the premiere.

电影首次演出造成交通堵塞.

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The poet snag of victory.

诗人歌颂胜利.

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One snag is that they do not totally banish power losses.

其中一个问题就是它们并不能完全避免能量损失.

时文部分

Your love life may a snag for two reasons.

你的爱情生活会因为两个愿意而触礁.

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But if we select the right flank and hit a snag, nothing will be achieved.

选在右翼,碰在敌人的钉子上, 不能奏效.

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It could be biofuel but there's a snag: a biofuel flame would be invisible.

它可以是生物燃料,但有一个障碍: 生物燃料的火焰是看不见的.

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Would you please draw together the snag in my cuff?

请你把我袖口上的裂口缝上好 吗 ?

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The main snag about indexation lay in the indexation of wages.

指数化的主要障碍在于薪资的指数化.

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A snag caught her snowshoe.

她被一条树根绊住了雪鞋.

辞典例句

There must be a snag in It'somewhere.

一定是在某处出了个小故障.

辞典例句

He hit a snag.

他遇到了意外困难.

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The snag is that the rotation of the Earth is not so reliable.

不便之处是地球的自转并不是那样的准确可靠.

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This enterprise, though, has already hit an embarrassing snag.

然而, 该计划已经遇到了令人尴尬的障碍.

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The first snag, however, is the composition of the boards.

然而, 第一个障碍就是董事会的构成.

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Diplomatic efforts to end the fighting in Lebanon have hit another snag.

结束黎巴嫩之战的外交努力再次受挫.

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Problems easily solved. Immediate solutions to any question or snag that might come up.

轻松解决问题,对可能出现的任何问题或障碍都能直接解决.

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I have a snag in my best black tights.

我最好的一条黑裤袜给划破了.

辞典例句

So I decided to snag the signals over the air , just like the old days.

所以我决定采用老方法,自己装天线接收数位讯号.

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