Snapping

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snap

(-) a. & n. from Snap, v.

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• Her cross-grained pet greyhound was in the room, and I fully expected a barking and snapping reception. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• As a result it was no uncommon thing to see bright sparks snapping between the chandelier and the lighting wires during a sharp thunder-storm. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I can't bear you to call her that,' returned Miss Wren, snapping her fingers in a volley of impatient snaps, 'for I don't like Hexam. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• They haven't no more philosophy nor political economy about 'em than that,' said the beadle, snapping his fingers contemptuously. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• To be anxious about a soul that is always snapping at you must be left to the saints of the earth; and Mary was not one of them. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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