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a problem or difficulty, especially one that is small, hidden or unexpected （尤指潜在的、意外的、不严重的）问题，困难，障碍，麻烦 There is just one small snag—where is the money coming from? 只有一个小问题：钱从哪儿来？ Let me know if you run into any snags. 要是遇到什么麻烦就告诉我。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurec2I suddenly saw a major snag with the whole idea. 我忽然发现整个想法存在一个大问题。 The only snag is the price. 价格是唯一的障碍。 There are a few snags to iron out before the prototype is ready. 模型样品做好之前还有几个问题要解决。 There is a snag to the job: you have to work at weekends. 这份工作的缺点是周末得上班。 We've hit a technical snag—the printer isn't compatible with my PC. 我们遇到一个技术性小麻烦：那台打印机与我的个人电脑不兼容。 The only snag with the course is that it's quite short. 这门课唯一的缺点是时间太短。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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an object or a part of an object that is rough or sharp and may cut something 突出物；尖齿；尖角；尖刺 Check all surfaces for snags and rough edges. 检查所有表面是否有阻碍和粗糙的边缘。
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a sausage 香肠
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 late 16th cent. (in sense (2) of the noun): probably of Scandinavian origin. The early sense ‘stump sticking out from a tree trunk’ gave rise to a US sense ‘submerged piece of timber obstructing navigation’, of which sense 1 is originally a figurative use. Current verb senses arose in the 19th cent. noun sense 3 1940s: of unknown origin.