| 单词 |
snub nose |
| 释义 |
snub nose Also snub-nose. [f. snub v.1 3. Cf. Norw. dial. snubbnos (Ross).] A short stumpy nose turned up and flattened at the tip.
1724Lond. Gaz. No. 6251/3 He is a thick-set Boy, with a snub Nose. 1793Holcroft tr. Lavater's Physiog. xvii. 87 [I know] the Russians by the snub nose. 1818Byron Juan i. clx, With prying snub-nose, and small eyes, he stood, Following Antonia's motions. 1838Barham Ser. i. Hand of Glory (1905) 28 The very snore froze, In his very snub nose. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 235 He has a snub nose, and projecting eyes.
Add:2. slang (chiefly U.S.). A snub-nosed handgun; = *snubby n.
1979Washington Post 8 Nov. f1/5 A .38-caliber snub nose, department issue, rests on his hip, beneath his jacket. 1982B. Fantoni Stickman xxii. 151, I pulled out my gun... Flicking the safety catch off my snub nose, I tensed my trigger finger. 1988Guns & Weapons Winter 76/2 The .38 snubnose or .45 automatic that many people think of when they hear the word ‘handgun’. |

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