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snarl

verb
🔊/snɑːl/
🔊/snɑːrl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they snarl
🔊/snɑːl/
🔊/snɑːrl/
he / she / it snarls
🔊/snɑːlz/
🔊/snɑːrlz/
past simple snarled
🔊/snɑːld/
🔊/snɑːrld/
past participle snarled
🔊/snɑːld/
🔊/snɑːrld/
-ing form snarling
🔊/ˈsnɑːlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈsnɑːrlɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive] snarl (at somebody/something) (of dogs, etc.狗等) to show the teeth and make a deep angry noise in the throat龇牙低吼
    • The dog snarled at us.狗朝我们低声吼叫。🔊🔊
    Topics Animalsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • angrily
    • savagely
    • viciously
    • …
    preposition
    • at
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  2. [transitive] to speak in a rough, low, angry voice咆哮着说；不耐烦地说
    • + speech (at somebody) ‘Get out of here!’ he snarled.“滚开！” 他吼道。🔊🔊
    • snarl something (at somebody) She snarled abuse at anyone who happened to walk past.谁碰巧走过，她就冲谁叫骂。🔊🔊
    • He snarled savagely at her.他向她狂吼起来。
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • angrily
    • savagely
    • viciously
    • …
    preposition
    • at
    See full entry
    3. Word Originverb late 16th cent.: extension of obsolete snar, of Germanic origin; related to German schnarren ‘rattle, snarl’, probably imitative. snarl up, snarl something up. late Middle English (in the senses ‘snare, noose’ and ‘catch in a snare’): from snare.

snarl

noun
🔊/snɑːl/
🔊/snɑːrl/
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  1. [usually singular] a deep sound that an animal makes when it is angry and shows its teeth（动物的）龇牙低吼
    • The dog bared its teeth in a snarl.那条狗龇着牙低声吼叫。🔊🔊
    • The dog turned with a snarl to attack me.那只狗咆哮着攻击我。
    Topics Animalsc2
  2. [usually singular] an act of speaking in a rough, low, angry voice; the sound you make when you are angry, in pain, etc.愤怒叫嚷（声）；咆哮（声）；疼痛叫声
    • a snarl of hate充满仇恨的吼声
    • She answered with an angry snarl.她生气地咆哮着回答。
    • She gave him a snarl.她给他咆哮。
  3. (informal) something that has become twisted in an untidy way缠结物；蓬乱的事物
    • She used conditioner to remove the snarls from her hair.她用护发剂梳顺了头发。🔊🔊
  4. (also snarl-up)
     (British English, informal) a situation in which traffic is unable to move交通阻塞
    • rush-hour traffic snarls高峰时间的交通阻塞
    5. Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 late 16th cent.: extension of obsolete snar, of Germanic origin; related to German schnarren ‘rattle, snarl’, probably imitative. noun senses 3 to 4 late Middle English (in the senses ‘snare, noose’ and ‘catch in a snare’): from snare.