亚洲网紅露点

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snare

1

[ snair ]

noun

  1. a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
  2. anything serving to entrap or entangle unawares; trap.

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  3. Surgery. a wire noose for removing tumors or the like by the roots or at the base.


verb (used with object)

snared, snaring.
  1. to catch with a snare; entangle.
  2. to catch or involve by trickery or wile:

    to snare her into going.

snare

2

[ snair ]

noun

  1. one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.

snare

1

/ 蝉苍蓻蓹 /

noun

  1. a device for trapping birds or small animals, esp a flexible loop that is drawn tight around the prey
  2. a surgical instrument for removing certain tumours, consisting of a wire loop that may be drawn tight around their base to sever or uproot them
  3. anything that traps or entangles someone or something unawares
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to catch (birds or small animals) with a snare
  2. to catch or trap in or as if in a snare; capture by trickery
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

snare

2

/ 蝉苍蓻蓹 /

noun

  1. music a set of gut strings wound with wire fitted against the lower drumhead of a snare drum. They produce a rattling sound when the drum is beaten See snare drum
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉苍补谤别谤, noun
  • 藞蝉苍补谤别濒别蝉蝉, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉苍补谤别顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
  • 蝉苍补谤顎侥谤 noun
  • 蝉苍补谤顎僫苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍路蝉苍补谤别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of snare1

First recorded before 1100; Middle English (noun and verb); cognate with Old Norse snara, Middle Low German snare, Old High German snar(a)ha

Origin of snare2

1680鈥90; < Middle Low German snare or Middle Dutch snaer string; replacing Old English 蝉苍脓谤 string of a musical instrument
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of snare1

Old English sneare, from Old Norse snara; related to Old High German snaraha

Origin of snare2

C17: from Middle Dutch snaer or Middle Low German snare string; related to Gothic 蝉苍艒谤箩艒 basket
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Synonym Study

See trap 1.
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Example Sentences

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He snares a suite of tiles and wins a coin within 11 minutes.

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He had to just play kick and snare and toms because if you hit the cymbals they鈥檇 reverberate for 20 minutes.

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Both entities battle throughout the show, trying to outrun the other or snare her in a deadly trap.

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It is safe to say there is not a big law firm in this country that would not have some part of their work fall under this snare, especially through their pro bono work.

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A whisper here, a wink there; it all goes inside the bottomless black bag, meant to snare and snuff out interpersonal mysteries before they become marital weaknesses.

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