snarl
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they snarl | |
he / she / it snarls | |
past simple snarled | |
past participle snarled | |
-ing form snarling |
- [intransitive] snarl (at somebody/something)
(of dogs, etc. )狗等 to show the teeth and make a deep angry noise in the throat Topics Animalsc2龇牙低吼 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- angrily
- savagely
- viciously
- …
- at
- [transitive]
to speak in a rough, low, angry voice 咆哮着说;不耐烦地说 - + speech (at somebody)
‘Get out of here!’ he snarled. “滚开!” 他吼道。 - snarl something (at somebody)
She snarled abuse at anyone who happened to walk past. 谁碰巧走过,她就冲谁叫骂。 He snarled savagely at her. 他向她狂吼起来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- angrily
- savagely
- viciously
- …
- at
- + speech (at somebody)
Word Originverb late 16th cent.: extension of obsolete snar, of Germanic origin; related to German schnarren ‘rattle, snarl’, probably imitative. snarl up, snarl something up. late Middle English (in the senses ‘snare, noose’ and ‘catch in a snare’): from snare.