请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 snore-
词根词缀
OED

snore-the stem of the vb. in comb., as snore-hole, snore-piece (see quots.).1860Eng. & For. Mining Gloss. (ed. 2) 63 *Snore-holes, the holes in the windbore to admit the water.1862Smiles Engineers III. 45 The pumps frequently got choked by the sand drawn in at the bottom of the well through the snore-holes, or apertures through which the water to be raised is admitted.1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-m. 229.1867W. W. Smyth Coal & Coal-mining 180 The lowermost portion [of the pump] is the so-called wind-bore, or *snore-piece, where the holes in the bottom..are of such size as to prevent the entry of chips or stones.1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-m. 229 Snore-piece, the lowest end of a pump sett through which the water passes.b. With advb. snore-off colloq. (chiefly Austral. and N.Z.), a sleep or nap, esp. after drinking.1950Landfall June 127, I notice Little Spike's legs sticking out from an empty tallow cask where he is having a snore-off.1967K. Giles Death & Mr Prettyman vi. 120 He always vowed to cut out these afternoon snore-offs.1968D. O'Grady Bottle of Sandwiches 49 He surfaced from his plonk-induced snore-off.
随便看

 

英语词根词缀词典收录了54763条英语词根词缀词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的词根、词缀及词根记忆法解析,是记忆英语词汇的必备工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2024 Newdu.com.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/25 9:52:13