vt.

1. 猛咬
   The enormous fish snapped the fly.

   这条大鱼咬住了钓饵。

2. 突然折断；拉断
   He snapped the stick in two.

   他喀嚓一声将棍子折成两半。

   Shoppers crowded into downtown stores, snapping up once-rationed consumer goods.

   顾客们拥入市中心的商店，抢购曾是计划供应的消费品。

3. 使发劈啪声；捻（手指）使劈啪作声；啪地关上（或打开等）
   She snapped the door shut.

   她啪地一声将门关上。

4. 厉声说；怒气冲冲地顶撞（或打断）[（+out）]
   "Why don't you get the hell out of my life," he snapped.

   “你给我滚，”他厉声叫道。

5. 急射，乱射
   The hunter snapped a shot at the deer.

   猎人迅速向鹿开了一枪。

6. 用快照拍摄
   I snapped a nice photograph of her.

   我给她拍了一张很好的快照。

vi.

1. 咬；攫；抓[（+at）]
   The dog snapped at the boy's ankles.

   狗对准男孩的脚踝猛地咬去。

2. 劈啪地响；（门等）咯嗒一声关上
   The door snapped shut behind me.

   门在我身后啪地一声关上了。

3. 啪地一声折断；（神经等）突然崩溃
   The branch snapped under his weight.

   在他身体的重压下，树枝啪地一声折断了。

4. 厉声责骂[（+at）]
   He is always snapping at his subordinates.

   他老是在斥责部属。

n.

1. 猛咬；猛扑；攫夺[C]
   The dog made a snap at her finger.

   狗猛地咬她的手指。

2. 突然折断[C]
   The snap of a twig broke the silence.

   一根树枝突然折断打破了寂静。

3. 劈啪声；厉声的斥责[C]
   The box shut with a snap.

   箱子啪地一声关上了。

4. 天气突变（尤指转冷）[C]
   We are having a cold snap.

   我们这儿正遇上寒潮。

5. 快照[C]
   He showed me his holiday snaps.

   他给我看他假期里拍下的快照。

6. 活力，生气，精力[U]
   He is a young man with plenty of snap.

   他是一个精力充沛的小伙子。

7. 薄脆饼[C]
   He offered me some ginger snaps.

   他请我吃些姜脆饼。

8. 【美】【口】轻松的工作[S]
   The course was a snap for him.

   这课程对他来说是太轻松了。

a.[B]

1. 突然的，冷不防的；迅速的
   It is risky to make snap judgements.

   匆忙作判断是危险的。

2. 啪一声关上或扣上的；用弹簧的
   The door has a snap bolt.

   这门有一个弹簧插销。

3. 【美】【俚】很容易的
   Astronomy is no snap course.

   天文学可不是一门容易读的课程。

ad.

1. 啪地一声；猛然

v.

1. break with a sharp cracking sound.
2. (of an animal) make a sudden audible bite.
   ▸ (snap something up) quickly secure something that is in short supply.
3. open or close with a brisk movement or sharp sound.
4. suddenly lose one's self-control.
   ▸say something quickly and irritably.
5. (snap out of) informal get out of (a bad mood) by a sudden effort.
6. take a snapshot of.
7. American Football  put (the ball) into play by a quick backward movement.

n.

1. an act or sound of snapping.
2. (usu. cold snap) a brief period of cold weather.
3. vigour; liveliness.
4. a snapshot.
5. Brit. a card game in which players compete to call ‘snap’ as soon as two cards of the same type are exposed.
6. a crisp, brittle biscuit.
7. N. Amer. informal an easy task.
8. N. Amer. a press stud.

adj.