| 单词 |
snarly |
| 释义 |
▪ I. ˈsnarly, a.1 Now dial.
[f. snarl n.1 or v.1]
1. Tangled, ravelled.
1647G. W. Grand Pluto's Progr. thro. Gt. Brit. 15 Thy snarly haire, thy cheeks as red As paint that they on signes do spread. 1876Robinson Whitby Gloss. 178/1 Snarly, knotty or twisted, as entangled thread.
2. Full of snarls or knots.
1770Washington Writ. (1889) II. 311 Walnut, cherry, and some other woods that grow snarly and neither tall nor large. 1890Gloucester Gloss. 144 Snarly, knotty, cross⁓grained; of wood.
▪ II. snarly, a.2|ˈsnɑːlɪ|
[f. snarl n.2 or v.2]
Inclined to snarl; irritable, cross. Also transf.
1798Monthly Mag. VI. 346 My wine's a cure for anguish, My sword for snarly puppies. 1827–in Eng. Dial. Dict. 1838Penny Cycl. XII. 400/2 He [a mad dog] grows sullen and snarly; he..runs about wildly, biting at whatever approaches him. 1869Mrs. Stowe Oldtown Folks xxii, We all know that..the hyena [is] snarly and fretful. 1879E. M. Cole Place-names 31 The weather is said to be ‘snarly’ when there is a keen cutting wind in Winter. |
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