vt.

1. 猛咬
   The enormous fish snapped the fly.

   這條大魚咬住了釣餌。

2. 突然折斷；拉斷
   He snapped the stick in two.

   他喀嚓一聲將棍子折成兩半。

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

   顧客們擁入市中心的商店，搶購曾是計畫供應的消費品。

3. 使發劈啪聲；捻（手指）使劈啪作聲；啪地關上（或打開等）
   She snapped the door shut.

   她啪地一聲將門關上。

4. 厲聲說；怒氣沖沖地頂撞（或打斷）[（+out）]
   "Why don't you get the hell out of my life," he snapped.

   "你給我滾，"他厲聲叫道。

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

   獵人迅速向鹿開了一槍。

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

   我給她拍了一張很好的快照。

vi.

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

   狗對準男孩的腳踝猛地咬去。

2. 劈啪地響；（門等）咯嗒一聲關上
   The door snapped shut behind me.

   門在我身後啪地一聲關上了。

3. 啪地一聲折斷；（神經等）突然崩潰
   The branch snapped under his weight.

   在他身體的重壓下，樹枝啪地一聲折斷了。

4. 厲聲責罵[（+at）]
   He is always snapping at his subordinates.

   他老是在斥責部屬。

n.

1. 猛咬；猛撲；攫奪[C]
   The dog made a snap at her finger.

   狗猛地咬她的手指。

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

   一根樹枝突然折斷打破了寂靜。

3. 劈啪聲；厲聲的斥責[C]
   The box shut with a snap.

   箱子啪地一聲關上了。

4. 天氣突變（尤指轉冷）[C]
   We are having a cold snap.

   我們這兒正遇上寒流。

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

   他給我看他假期裡拍下的快照。

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

   他是一個精力充沛的小伙子。

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

   他請我吃些薑脆餅。

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

   這課程對他來說是太輕鬆了。

a.[B]

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

   匆忙作判斷是危險的。

2. 啪一聲關上或扣上的；用彈簧的
   The door has a snap bolt.

   這門有一個彈簧插銷。

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

   天文學可不是一門容易讀的課程。

ad.

1. 啪地一聲；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.

[名]

1. ①子母扣。
2. ②抓拍；快照。
3. ③棒球中用腕力迅速扔出的球。