sny
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最早見於晚期中古英語；源自中古英語 snyȝe (“爬行”)；類似丹麥語 snige (“溜走”), 愛爾蘭語 snighim，古愛爾蘭語 snaighim。
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sny (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 snies，現在分詞 snying，一般過去時及過去分詞 snied)
參考資料[编辑]
- “† Sny, v.” listed on page 343 of volume IX, part I (Si–St) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1919]
† Sny, v. Obs. — 1 In 5 snyȝe. [Of obscure origin.] intr. To move, proceed. [¶] a 1400–50 Alexander 4095 Þan snyȝes þar, out of þat snyth hill.., A burly best. - “†sny, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
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最早見於1674年；詞源不明。
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sny (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 snies，現在分詞 snying，一般過去時及過去分詞 snied)
- （現〈方〉）〈不及物〉 大量存在，成群出現
- 1913, 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯，《兒子與情人》，第四章
- “And did you kill it?”
“I did, for they’re a nuisance. The place is fair snied wi’ ‛em.”
- “And did you kill it?”
- 1913, 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯，《兒子與情人》，第四章
參考資料[编辑]
- “Sny, v.” listed on page 343 of volume IX, part I (Si–St) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1919]
Sny (snəi), v. Now dial. Forms: 7 snithe, 9 snive; 7, 9 snie, 8–9 sny, 9 snye; 7, 9 snee. [Of obscure origin.] intr. To abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something. [¶] 1674 Ray N.C. Words 44 To Snee or snie, to abound or swarm. He snies with Lice, he swarms with them. 1675 V. Alsop Anti-sozzo 503 Certainly never did man so snithe with prejudices against Truth. c 1746 J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lanc. Dial. Gloss., Snye, to swarm. 1849 Howitt Year Bk. Country 242/32 The villages in the forest sny with children. 1882 Echo 16 Jan. 4/1 The place literally ‘snives’ with rabbits. 1897 J. Prior Ripple & Flood xix, The watter snies wi’ fish. - “sny, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
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最早見於1711年；詞源不明。對比snying、丹麥語 sno (“盤繞”，“纏繞”)。
名詞[编辑]
sny (複數 snies)
參考資料[编辑]
- “Sny, sb.” listed on page 343 of volume IX, part I (Si–St) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1919]
Sny (snəi), sb. Shipbuilding. [Cf. Snying vbl. sb.] (See quots. 1846 and 1875.) [¶] a. 1711 W. Sutherland Shipbuild. Assist. 54 In working up a round Buttock of a Ship, the lower Edge of the Planks will have a sudden Sny aft. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 288 In shipbuilding, a plank is said to have sny, when its edge has an upward curve. [¶] b. c 1850 Rudim. Nav. (Weale) 149 The great sny occasioned in full bows..is..to be prevented by introducing steelers. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech. 2232/1 Sny,..the trend of the lines of a ship upward from amidship toward the bow and the stern. - “sny, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
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本拼法最早見於1893年；參見snye。
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sny (複數 snies)
- 〈古〉 小水道，支航道
- 1893, 馬克·吐溫，《湯姆·索亞在國外》，《湯姆·索亞探案》等系列故事 (1896), page unknown
- “Well, Mars Tom, my idea is like dis. It ain’t no use, we can’t kill dem po’ strangers dat ain’t doin’ us no harm, till we’ve had practice — I knows it perfectly well, Mars Tom — ‛deed I knows it perfectly well. But ef we takes a’ ax or two, jist you en me en Huck, en slips acrost de river to-night arter de moon’s gone down, en kills dat sick fam’ly dat’s over on the Sny, en burns dey house down, en —”
- 1948, Lawrence Johnstone Burpee [ed.], Canadian Geographical Journal (Royal Canadian Geographical Society), volume 36, page 151
- The word snye, sny or snie has been used for many years to describe a channel behind an island, with slack current or partly dried, or some such similar feature.
- 1893, 馬克·吐溫，《湯姆·索亞在國外》，《湯姆·索亞探案》等系列故事 (1896), page unknown
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- “snye” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
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