English Dictionary

snaffle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsnæfəl/

動詞

他動詞 くだけた表現

(transitive) To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle. / (transitive) To clutch by the bridle. / (transitive, informal) To grab or seize; to snap up.

日本語の意味

（馬具の一種であるスナフルを用いて）制御する / （馬具を使って）掴む、握る / （非公式に）つかむ、奪い取る、さっと手に入れる

Before the lesson, she snaffled the mare and led her into the arena.

レッスンの前に、彼女は馬にスナッフルビットをつけて馬場へ連れて行った。

意味（1）

(transitive) To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle.

意味（2）

(transitive) To clutch by the bridle.

意味（3）

(transitive, informal) To grab or seize; to snap up.

意味（4）

(transitive, informal) To purloin, or obtain by devious means.

[…] the Master at Arms, the senior member of the lower deck and chief policeman, was found to be drunk; he must have snaffled some of the crew's rum ration always kept closely guarded in a special locker […]

snaffles （ present singular third-person ）

snaffling （ participle present ）

snaffled （ participle past ）

snaffled （ past ）