"shoot from a hidden place," 1773 (among British soldiers in India), in reference to hunting snipe as game, from snipe (n.). Figurative use from 1892. Related: Sniped; sniping.
snipe (n.)
long-billed marsh bird, early 14c., from Old Norse -snipa in myrisnipa "moor snipe;" perhaps a common Germanic term (compare Old Saxon sneppa, Middle Dutch snippe, Dutch snip, Old High German snepfa, German Schnepfe "snipe," Swedish sn?ppa "sandpiper"), perhaps originally "snipper." The Old English name was snite, which is of uncertain derivation. An opprobrious term (see guttersnipe) since c. 1600.
雙語例句
1. There was not much elbow room in the cockpit of a Snipe.
“沙錐鳥”戰斗機的駕駛艙空間不太寬敞。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Gunmen continued to snipe at people leaving their homes to find food.
槍手不斷伏擊外出找尋食物的人。
來自《權威詞典》
3. He was ordered to snipe at anyone moving about the camp.
他奉令狙擊任何在營地附近走動的人.
來自辭典例句
4. I started some half - dozen snipe.
我驚起了五六只山鷸.
來自辭典例句
5. Would not the first of them who saw me wring my neck like a snipe's?