snipe
verb[I]
uk/snaɪp/us/snaɪp/toshootat someone from apositionwhere you cannot beseen:
打冷枪；狙击Therebelshavestartedsnipingatcivilians.反叛者开始狙击平民。
tocriticizesomeoneunpleasantly:
诽谤，恶意攻击Theformerministerhas been making himselfunpopularrecently, snipingathis ex-colleagues.最近这位前部长因恶意攻击以前的同事而大失人心。
Guns
- automatic
- blaster
- cannon
- cannonade
- cannonball
- carry
- cock
- go off
- gunnery
- gunpoint
- gunsmith
- kick
- machine gun
- pot
- shoot
- shootsomethingdown
- shoot up
- shooter
- sniper
- sniping
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snipe
noun[C]
uk/snaɪp/us/snaɪp/pluralsnipeorsnipesabirdwith along,straightbeakthatlivesnearriversandmarshes(=lowlandthat iswetand sometimescoveredwithwater)
沙锥（一种鸟，喙长而直，栖息于江河沼泽地区）
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Birds which live by or on inland water
- bittern
- coot
- corncrake
- crane
- cygnet
- egret
- flamingo
- grebe
- heron
- ibis
- kingfisher
- moorhen
- mute swan
- pelican
- pen
- stork
- swan
- wader
- water bird
- waterfowl