| 词汇 | snick |
| 释义 | snick verb[ T ] UKuk /snɪk/ us /snɪk/ in sports, especially cricket, to hit the ball off the edge of the bat: （尤指在板球运动等中）削（球） Carlton snicked the ball low and fast to Lynch's right.卡尔顿打出一记速度很快的低平削球，飞向林奇的右边。 Cricket 12th man all out all-rounder arm ball asking rate batting bowl eleven hook infield jaffa king pair late cut leg break stonewall strike rate sundries switch-hit tail tailender snick noun[ C ] UKuk /snɪk/ us /snɪk/ (in sports, especially cricket) the act of hitting the ball off the edge of the bat: The umpire couldn't hear the snick and, to everyone's astonishment, gave him not out. He eventually induced a catchable snick from the batsman. It was a big snick and needed the umpire's raised finger to persuade the young batsman to depart. The wicketkeeper has just failed to reach a snick. We created a few snicks and had a good chance of winning. Cricket 12th man all out all-rounder arm ball asking rate batting bowl eleven hook infield jaffa king pair late cut leg break stonewall strike rate sundries switch-hit tail tailender Examples of snicksnick Then it grew louder, and suddenly there came from the window a sharp metallic snick. From Project Gutenberg With a clumsy motion of a long hairy arm he reached out and snicked on the button, then placed himself within its deadly range. From Project Gutenberg Again the drunken chauffeur, still master of his machine despite the poison pulsing in his dazed brain, snicked the little levers further down. From Project Gutenberg The wheelchair rolled slowly toward a blank wall, and an invisible door snicked open just before it arrived. From Project Gutenberg As he shuffled forward, he felt a snick! From Project Gutenberg All the town is asleep when this boy slips out of his front-gate and snicks the latch behind him softly. From Project Gutenberg The old bird's head snicked round, right round, almost hindpart before; but he made no other movement. From Project Gutenberg Immediately there was a sharp clang, as some catch snicked in, and held it against the powerful operating spring. From Project Gutenberg He drew back the rejecting mechanism, and heard the soft, reassuring snick of the cartridge as it slid from the magazine into the chamber. From Project Gutenberg Somewhere deep within the machine a switch snicked sharply, and the great room's lighting brightened almost imperceptibly. From Project Gutenberg The cut is such an effective play that the snick has largely encroached upon it. From Project Gutenberg Then the eldest brother cut off the head; snick-snack, and carried it to the chief. From Project Gutenberg The skeans snicked back into the clasps of their cloaks. From Project Gutenberg It shut with a sharp snick, and there followed a long silence, broken only by the whimpering of the dogs. From Project Gutenberg None of them heard the gentle snick of the lock in the front door. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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