snipe

verb

/snaɪp/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they snipe	/snaɪp/ /snaɪp/
he / she / it snipes	/snaɪps/ /snaɪps/
past simple sniped	/snaɪpt/ /snaɪpt/
past participle sniped	/snaɪpt/ /snaɪpt/
-ing form sniping	/ˈsnaɪpɪŋ/ /ˈsnaɪpɪŋ/

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[intransitive] snipe (at somebody/something) to shoot at somebody from a hiding place, usually from a distance狙击；打冷枪
- Gunmen continued to snipe at people leaving their homes to find food.枪手不断伏击外出找寻食物的人。
[intransitive] snipe (at somebody/something) to criticize somebody in an unpleasant way冷言冷语地指摘；抨击

Word OriginMiddle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Icelandic mýrisnípa; obscurely related to Dutch snip and German Schnepfe.

noun

/snaɪp/

(plural snipe)

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a bird with a long straight beak that lives on wet ground沙锥（喙长直，生活在潮湿地区）Topics Birdsc2
Word OriginMiddle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Icelandic mýrisnípa; obscurely related to Dutch snip and German Schnepfe.

BNC: 20250 COCA: 17505

snipe