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词汇 snitching
释义 snitching
present participle ofsnitch
snitch
verb
uk /snɪtʃ/ us /snɪtʃ/

snitchverb (TELL SECRETLY)


[ I ]informaldisapproving
to secretly tell someone in authority that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble: 告发,告密,揭发
She thought I'd snitched on her.她认为是我告了她。
UKHe snitched to my boss that I'd been making long-distance calls at work!他向老板告密,说我上班时打长途电话!
Would you snitch on your friend's partner?
Inmates who snitch on other inmates risk being savagely beaten.
Eventually a classmate snitched, and Emma was called to the headteacher's office.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Revealing secrets & becoming known
anti-secrecy
backchannel
bare
bare your heart/soulidiom
be the talk of somewhereidiom
blow someone's coveridiom
blow/take the lid off somethingidiom
declassify
divulge
hold
huddle
kiss
put the word outidiom
rat
rat on someone/something
reintroduce
revealingly
state's evidence
surface
unravel

snitchverb (STEAL)


[ T ]informal
to steal something: 偷窃,偷盗
"Where did you get that money?" "I snitched it from my dad when he wasn't looking."“你从哪里搞到的那些钱?”“我趁爸爸不注意时偷的。”
Dad snitched the Halloween sweets.
I once snitched a bottle of perfume from my mother's bedroom.
He'd snitched credit card numbers from credit-company computers.
"Slamming" refers to an underhanded method of snitching clients from rivals.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stealing
abscond
abscond with someone/something
aggravated burglary
anti-burglar
anti-burglary
eavesdrop
hot-wire
housebreaking
jemmy
jimmy
job
kleptomania
piratically
plunder
poach
poaching
porch piracy
rustle
rustling
snaffle

Examples of snitching


snitching

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


In the hip-hop world, this is called ' snitching'.
There is nothing wrong with that—it is not snitching; it is ensuring that the taxpayers' money is effectively spent and targeted at those who really need it.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
What will happen is that the lad with the curly locks will have a close hair shave and be out "snitching" handkerchiefs the moment he is released.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
This rule encompassed any kind of collaboration, not only snitching or ratting.
From
Wikipedia

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She actually believes that neighbors should start snitching out neighbors, and we should be deporting people.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Roberts criticized the university as well as the team for a culture that prohibited snitching on the later exonerated lacrosse players.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
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