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snipe

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they snipe
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he / she / it snipes
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past simple sniped
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past participle sniped
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-ing form sniping
🔊/ˈsnaɪpɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] snipe (at somebody/something) to shoot at somebody from a hiding place, usually from a distance狙击；打冷枪
    • Gunmen continued to snipe at people leaving their homes to find food.枪手不断伏击外出找寻食物的人。🔊🔊
  2. [intransitive] snipe (at somebody/something) to criticize somebody in an unpleasant way冷言冷语地指摘；抨击
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Icelandic mýrisnípa; obscurely related to Dutch snip and German Schnepfe.

snipe

noun
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(plural snipe)
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  1. a bird with a long straight beak that lives on wet ground沙锥（喙长直，生活在潮湿地区）Topics Birdsc2
    Word OriginMiddle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Icelandic mýrisnípa; obscurely related to Dutch snip and German Schnepfe.