snipe – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: limicoline bird,
shorebird,
shore bird,
gunfire,
gunshot,
hunt,
run,
track down,
hunt down,
shoot,
pick apart,
knock,
criticise,
criticize
snipe
v.
hunt snipe; shoot from a distant or concealed position
n.
long-billed wading bird of Eurasia and North America; shot fired from a distant or concealed position
Snipe
snipe
Noun
1. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
(hypernym) shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird
(hyponym) whole snipe, common snipe, Gallinago gallinago
(member-holonym) wisp
2. a gunshot from a concealed location
(hypernym) gunfire, gunshot
(derivation) sharpshoot
Verb
1. hunt or shoot snipe
(hypernym) hunt, run, hunt down, track down
2. aim and shoot with great precision
(synonym) sharpshoot
(hypernym) shoot
3. attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
(synonym) attack, round, assail, lash out, assault
(hypernym) knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
(hyponym) abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout
Snipe
(n.)
Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
(n.)
A fool; a blockhead.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利
yu4 bang4 xiang1 zheng1, yu2 weng1 de2 li4
When the snipe and a clam were fighting, the fisherman caught them both.Two dogs fight for a bone and the third runs away with it.
