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sneak AHD[snēk] D.J.[sniːk]K.K.[snik]v.（动词）sneaked 也作 snuck [snŭk] sneak.ing, sneaks v.intr.（不及物动词）- To go or move in a quiet, stealthy way.溜，潜行：安静，偷偷地前进或行动
- To behave in a cowardly or servile manner.逃避：表现得胆小的，卑屈的
v.tr.（及物动词）- To move, give, take, or put in a quiet, stealthy manner:偷偷地做：安静地，诡秘地行动、给予、拿走或放上：sneak candy into one's mouth; sneaked a look at the grade sheet.偷偷地把糖塞进嘴巴；偷偷地瞥了一眼成绩单
n.（名词）- A person regarded as stealthy, cowardly, or underhand.鬼鬼祟祟之人：被认为是偷偷摸摸的，没有勇气的或奸诈的人
- An instance of sneaking; a quiet, stealthy movement.潜行：偷偷摸摸行动的例子；安静，诡秘的行动
- Informal A sneaker.【非正式用语】 旅游鞋
adj.（形容词）- Carried out in a clandestine manner:秘密的：暗中偷偷摸摸行动的：sneak preparations for war.暗中偷偷备战
- Perpetrated without warning:突袭的：没有事先警告就行动的：a sneak attack by terrorists.恐怖分子的突然袭击
- ; akin to Probably akin to Middle English sniken [to creep] ；类似于 可能类似于 中古英语 sniken [爬行]
- from Old English snīcan 源自 古英语 snīcan
- Snuck is an Americanism first introduced in the 19th century as a nonstandard regional variant ofsneaked. But widespread use ofsnuck has become more common with every generation. It is now used by educated speakers in all regions,and there is some evidence to suggest that it is more frequent among younger speakers thansneaked is. Formal written English is naturally and properly more conservative than other varieties, of course,and heresnuck still meets with much resistance. Many writers and editors have a lingering unease about the form,particularly if they recall its nonstandard origins.In fact, our consolidated citations, exhibiting almost 10,000 instances ofsneaked and snuck, indicate thatsneaked is preferred by a factor of 7 to 2. And 67 percent of the Usage Panel disapproves ofsnuck. Nevertheless, in recent yearssnuck has been quietly establishing itself in formal writing. An electronic search of a wide range of reputable publications turns up hundreds of citations forsnuck, not just in sports writingbut in news columns and commentary: Snuck 是一个美国独创词， 19世纪作为sneaked 的不标准的地方变体被首次引入。 在每一代，snuck 这个词都得到了广泛应用。 现在，任何地区受过教育的人都使用它，而且证据显示在年轻的使用者中，它比sneaked 更加常用。 当然，正式的文字英语自然要比其它语体保守一些，在这里，snuck 一词还是受到了排挤。 许多作家和编辑对这个词的形式有一种长久的反感，特别是联系到它不标准的起源。实际上，在我们反复验证过的显示约一万个使用sneaked 和 snuck 的引文中， 表明sneaked 受到青睐的程度为七比二。 用法专题使用小组成员中百分之六十七的人的反对snuck 一词。 但是，最近几年，snuck 在正式文体中也悄悄确立了它的地位。 对一系列著名出版物的电子扫描调查显示出几百处使用snuck 的地方， 而且不光是在体育文章中，在新闻专栏和评论中也有使用： "He ran up huge hotel bills and then snuck out without paying" (George Stade). “他欠下一大笔旅馆的帐单，然后不付帐就偷偷溜走了” （乔治·斯塔德）。 "In the dressing room beforehand, while the NBC technician was making me up, Jesse Jackson snuck up behind me and began playfully powdering my face" (Bruce Babbitt). “在后面的化妆室中，当国家广播电台的技术人员正在为我化妆，杰西·杰克逊悄悄地溜到我身后，开始嬉皮笑脸地给我脸上打粉” （布鲁斯·巴比特）。 "Raisa Gorbachev snuck away yesterday afternoon for a 65-minute helter-skelter tour of San Francisco" (San Francisco Chronicle). “赖沙·戈尔巴乔夫昨天下午悄悄地溜了出去，在旧金山做了一次六十五分钟的仓促旅行” （《旧金山年纪》）。 "The Reagan administration snuck in some illegal military assistance before that" (New Republic).“在此之前，里根政府就曾经偷偷提供过一些非法军事援助” （《新共和国报》）。
- Our citation files also contain a number of occurrences ofsnuck in serious fiction: 我们的引用资料中还包括几个严肃小说使用snuck 的例子： "He had snuck away from camp with a cabinmate" (Anne Tyler). “他已经和一个同伴溜出了帐篷” （安·泰勒）。 "I ducked down behind the paperbacks and snuck out" (Garrison Keillor).“我蹲在纸壁后面，悄悄溜了出去” （加里森·凯勒）
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