"shoot from a hidden place," 1773 (among British soldiers in India), in reference to hunting snipe as game, from snipe (n.). Figurative use from 1892. Related: Sniped; sniping.
snipe (n.)
long-billed marsh bird, early 14c., from Old Norse -snipa in myrisnipa "moor snipe;" perhaps a common Germanic term (compare Old Saxon sneppa, Middle Dutch snippe, Dutch snip, Old High German snepfa, German Schnepfe "snipe," Swedish snäppa "sandpiper"), perhaps originally "snipper." The Old English name was snite, which is of uncertain derivation. An opprobrious term (see guttersnipe) since c. 1600.
snipe 双语例句
1. There was not much elbow room in the cockpit of a Snipe.
“沙锥鸟”战斗机的驾驶舱空间不太宽敞。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Gunmen continued to snipe at people leaving their homes to find food.
枪手不断伏击外出找寻食物的人。
来自《权威词典》
3. He was ordered to snipe at anyone moving about the camp.
他奉令狙击任何在营地附近走动的人.
来自辞典例句
4. I started some half - dozen snipe.
我惊起了五六只山鹬.
来自辞典例句
5. Would not the first of them who saw me wring my neck like a snipe's?