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snook 1 AHD[sn‹k, sno͞ok] D.J.[snʊk, snuːk]K.K.[snʊk, snuk]n.（名词）【复数】 snook 或 snooks - Any of several chiefly marine percoid fishes of the family Centropomidae, especiallyCentropomus undecimalis, a food and game fish of warm Atlantic waters. Also called sergeant fish 锯盖鱼：锯盖鱼科中几种主要的海生鲈鱼中的任意一种，尤指产于大西洋温暖水域的食用和观赏鱼类鲈形海鱼 也作 sergeant fish
- Dutch snoek [pike] 荷兰语 snoek [矛]
- from Middle Dutch snoec 源自 中古荷兰语 snoec
snook 2 AHD[sn‹k, sno͞ok] D.J.[snʊk, snuːk]K.K.[snʊk, snuk]n.（名词）- A gesture of derision or defiance.轻蔑的动作：表示轻蔑或讨厌的动作
cock a snook【多用于英国】 - To thumb one's nose:轻蔑：将拇指顶住鼻尖：“[The clock] is set wrong and hung crooked, as if to cock a snook at the importance of time" (Kevin Crossley-Holland)“[时钟] 走错了并且吊歪了，就好象对时间的重要性不屑一顾” (凯文·克罗斯勒—荷兰)
- [Origin unknown] [词源不明]
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