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snort

verb
🔊/snɔːt/
🔊/snɔːrt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they snort
🔊/snɔːt/
🔊/snɔːrt/
he / she / it snorts
🔊/snɔːts/
🔊/snɔːrts/
past simple snorted
🔊/ˈsnɔːtɪd/
🔊/ˈsnɔːrtɪd/
past participle snorted
🔊/ˈsnɔːtɪd/
🔊/ˈsnɔːrtɪd/
-ing form snorting
🔊/ˈsnɔːtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈsnɔːrtɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to make a loud sound by breathing air out noisily through your nose, especially to show that you are angry or think something is silly（表示气愤或被逗乐）喷鼻息，哼
    • The horse snorted and tossed its head.马打了个响鼻儿，晃晃脑袋。🔊🔊
    • snort with something to snort with laughter扑哧一声笑了
    • snort in something She snorted in disgust.她厌恶地哼了一声。🔊🔊
    • + speech ‘You!’ he snorted contemptuously.“你！” 他轻蔑地哼了一声。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He snorted indignantly and walked away.他气愤地哼了一声，走开了。
    • She snorted at his suggestion.对于他的建议，她只哼了一声。
    • He snorted with derision.他嘲笑地哼了一声。
    • Calvin snorted in disbelief.卡尔文怀疑地哼了一声。
    Topics Animalsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • loudly
    • softly
    • angrily
    • …
    preposition
    • at
    • in
    • with
    • …
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  2. [transitive] snort something to take drugs by breathing them in through the nose用鼻子吸（毒品）
    • to snort cocaine吸可卡因
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb, also in the sense ‘snore’): probably imitative; compare with snore. The noun dates from the early 19th cent.

snort

noun
🔊/snɔːt/
🔊/snɔːrt/
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  1. a loud sound that you make by breathing air out noisily through your nose, especially to show that you are angry or think something is silly （尤指表示气愤或被逗乐的）喷鼻息，哼
    • to give a snort哼了一声
    • a snort of disgust厌恶的哼声
    • I could hear the snort and stamp of a horse.我能听见马打响鼻儿、跺蹄子的声音。🔊🔊
    • He gave a snort of contempt.他不屑地哼了一声。
    Topics Animalsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • little
    • small
    • loud
    • …
    verb + snort
    • give
    • let out
    • hear
    • …
    preposition
    • with a snort
    • snort of
    phrases
    • a snort of derision
    • a snort of disgust
    • a snort of laughter
    • …
    See full entry
  2. a small amount of a drug that is breathed in through the nose; an act of taking a drug in this way（用鼻子吸入的）毒品；用鼻子吸毒
    • to take a snort of cocaine吸一下可卡因
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb, also in the sense ‘snore’): probably imitative; compare with snore. The noun dates from the early 19th cent.