snub
verb /snʌb/
/snʌb/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they snub | /snʌb/ /snʌb/ |
he / she / it snubs | /snʌbz/ /snʌbz/ |
past simple snubbed | /snʌbd/ /snʌbd/ |
past participle snubbed | /snʌbd/ /snʌbd/ |
-ing form snubbing | /ˈsnʌbɪŋ/ /ˈsnʌbɪŋ/ |
- snub somebody to show a lack of respect for somebody, especially by ignoring them when you meet
synonym cold-shoulder冷落;怠慢 - I tried to be friendly, but she snubbed me completely.
我尽量和气,但她根本不答理我。 - He was not invited to the party, and felt snubbed.
他未获邀请参加聚会,感到受了冷落。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deliberately
- publicly
- rudely
- …
- feel snubbed
- I tried to be friendly, but she snubbed me completely.
- snub something to refuse to attend or accept something, for example as a protest
synonym boycott拒不出席;拒不接受;抵制 - All the country's leading players snubbed the tournament.
全国的顶尖运动员都抵制那次比赛。
- All the country's leading players snubbed the tournament.
词源Middle English (as a verb, originally in the sense ‘rebuke with sharp words’): from Old Norse snubba ‘chide, check the growth of’. The adjective dates from the early 18th cent.