n. 沙锥, 香烟屁股, 狙击, 街头流浪儿

vi. 猎鸟, 狙击, 诽谤

vt. 狙击

Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe,
snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[=i]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe,
Sw. sn["a]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See
{Snap}, {Snaffle}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game
birds of the family {Scolopacid[ae]}, having a long,
slender, nearly straight beak.

Note: The common, or whole, snipe ({Gallinago c[oe]lestis})
and the great, or double, snipe ({G. major}), are the
most important European species. The Wilson's snipe
({G. delicata}) (sometimes erroneously called {English
snipe}) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ({Macrohamphus
griseus}), are well-known American species.

2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak.

{Half snipe}, the dunlin; the jacksnipe.

{Jack snipe}. See {Jacksnipe}.

{Quail snipe}. See under {Quail}.

{Robin snipe}, the knot.

{Sea snipe}. See in the Vocabulary.

{Shore snipe}, any sandpiper.

{Snipe hawk}, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]

{Stone snipe}, the tattler.

{Summer snipe}, the dunlin; the green and the common European
sandpipers.

{Winter snipe}. See {Rock snipe}, under {Rock}.

{Woodcock snipe}, the great snipe.


Snipe \Snipe\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sniping}.]
1. To shoot or hunt snipe.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long
range, esp. when not in action; -- often with at.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{snipe at}, to aim petty or snide criticisms at (a person) in
his absence.
[PJC]


Snipe \Snipe\, v. t.
1. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long
range, esp. when not in action.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in
skidding.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Willet \Wil"let\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large North American snipe ({Symphemia semipalmata}); --
called also {pill-willet}, {will-willet}, {semipalmated
tattler}, or {snipe}, {duck snipe}, and {stone curlew}.

{Carolina willet}, the Hudsonian godwit.