snivel是什麽意思

snivel

英 ['snɪv(ə)l] 美 ['snɪvl]

1. sniff => sniffle <====> snivel.
2. 反複吸鼻子，很顯然就是因為流鼻涕，才會反複往裏吸鼻涕。感冒過的人對此肯定深有體會。

snivel 哭啼，哭訴

來自輔音叢 sn-,鼻子，聞，嗅，發鼻音，比較 sneer,snore,snicker,sniff,snuff.模仿哭鼻子的聲音。

snivel: snivel: see snuff
snivel (v.): Old English *snyflan "to run at the nose," related to snyflung "running of the nose," snofl "nasal mucus;" see snout. Meaning "to be in an (affected) tearful state" is from 1680s. Related: Snivelled; snivelling. As a noun from 14c. Melville coined snivelization (1849). Middle English had contemptuous term snivelard (n.).

1. Billy started to snivel. His mother smacked his hand.: 比利抽抽搭搭地哭了起來。媽媽在他的手上打了一下。