sneak的意思|sneak的解释-里氏词典

Sneak \Sneak\, v. t.
To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. [Obs.]
``[Slander] sneaks its head.'' --Wake.

Sneak \Sneak\, n.
1. A mean, sneaking fellow.

A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks.
--Glanvill.

2. (Cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; --
called also {grub}. [Cant] --R. A. Proctor.

Sneak \Sneak\ (sn[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sneaked}
(sn[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sneaking}.] [OE. sniken, AS.
sn[=i]can to creep; akin to Dan. snige sig; cf. Icel.
sn[=i]kja to hanker after.]
1. To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go
meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to
sneak away from company.

You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
--Dryden.

2. To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with
meanness and servility; to crouch.

So I wasn't looking forward to sitting through four discs of Barbra, even if it was a "spectacular musical autobiography" (as the ad copy puts it), spanning three decades with "a sneak preview of things to come." I was wrong.
The U.S. interest in Mexican prosperity should be obvious. A Mexican employed at home won't sneak by night over the Rio Grande.
Nevertheless, some observers say, if a recession is destined to occur, it would be very much in keeping with past patterns if it were to sneak in unnoticed and take a firm hold several months before its presence is officially detected.
A Japanese teen-ager was arrested after he tried to sneak explosives, a dismantled rifle, a pellet gun and dummy hand grenades aboard an airplane, authorities said.
U.S. Commerce officials say the way the Japanese have pursued the project hints of trying to sneak around official channels.
He opened for a sneak preview about three weeks ago, but many truckers stayed away, waiting for the publicity to die down, Cortese said.
That the attack came before war was declared is to some Japanese a matter of little moment: Hadn't the U.S. applauded a similar Japanese sneak attack against the Russians at Port Arthur in 1904?
They managed to sneak out three two-way radios with which they would later guide U.S. armed forces to their location for rescue.
It was unknown if the case is related to an arrest in Miami last week of a man who authorities said was part of a high-tech smuggling ring that was trying to sneak a $1.1 million VAX computer into Bulgaria.
There have been more than 20 major attempts to sneak into Israel from Lebanon this year, some of them by sea.
"When I know the Israelis have a holiday, I try to sneak home and see my wife and two children," Rawan told the AP in the home of a relative. "During the week, I try to meet them at different places." Rawan's factory has been closed down.
A Soviet photographer was caught trying to sneak onto the bus taking the cosmonauts to the Yuri Gagarin launch pad, and was ordered off.
Light-haired Western reporters don't blend in very well, and this one didn't want to sneak around covered, in Islamic fashion, from top to toe.
Everybody had his own way of beating the game." Often, settlers would sneak into the area to be claimed hours or days in advance to scout out desirable land.
But the Cold War is over, and this time the West didn't have to sneak the resolution past the Soviets.
Here, finally, is the enemy up close, not just a collection of grids on a gunner's display. Soldiers sneak up.
Howard discounted speculation on Capitol Hill that an Iranian warplane might have been flying behind the commercial flight in an attempt to use it as a cover to sneak up on the USS Vincennes.
We don't sneak up on the public with something like that." Slattery said that although such a device is used in other states and in Germany, it could not be used in Connecticut.
To get to the open sea, they would first have to sneak past British, and possibly French, warships that patrol the northern end of the Gulf.
Columbia Pictures, for instance, now finds it advantageous to offer sneak previews of movies by invitation only.
A second woman would sneak into the house and rummage through bedroom dressers and closets in search of jewelry, expensive heirlooms and silver, Kagele said.
Journalists covering the conference got a sneak preview Wednesday night.
Then at closing time you can sneak out the back door." The crack was typical of the Roberts flair for daubing color on an otherwise gray farm debate.
Universal Studios Florida opens its doors to the public today for three weeks of "sneak previews" of a Hollywood-style attraction expected to draw up to 6 million visitors in its first year.
Defense Ministry officials theorized that leftist guerrillas rigged the dynamite in the days before Bush arrived but apparently were unable to sneak back into the area the day of the flight because the army had sealed off the airport.
But often, the eggs are carried to a picnic spot in a park where children and adults try to sneak up and smash the eggs on each others' heads.
It has expressed strong interest in Video Jukebox's sneak preview potential.
Fourteen Chinese died of suffocation while trying to sneak into Hong Kong in the cargo hold of a ship, an official newspaper said today.
Tough Puffing I sneak around, I pry, I poke.
A committee of Kuwaitis at the border screened refugees, asking questions about such things as membership in local organizations. Saudi officials have expressed concern the Iraqis opened the border to sneak in spies and terrorists.

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