snipey

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

形容詞

動物の頭部

Full of or attractive to snipe. / (of an animal's head) Resembling the bill of a snipe; long, thin, and pointed; beaky; / Having a tendency to snipe; given to nasty or cutting comments.

日本語の意味

（鳥のスナイプのくちばしに似せた）頭部や顔の形状が、細長く尖った感じであるさま / スナイプ（鳥）が好む、または引き寄せられる性質を持つこと / 皮肉や嫌味、刺々しい、切れ味のあるコメントをしがちな性質があること

英語の意味

Full of or attractive to snipe. / (of an animal's head) Resembling the bill of a snipe; long, thin, and pointed; beaky; / Having a tendency to snipe; given to nasty or cutting comments.

このボタンはなに？

The marsh was snipey at dawn, with dozens of wary birds probing the mud.

その湿地は夜明けにシギが群がっていて、用心深い鳥が何十羽も泥をつついていた。

詳細

意味（1）

Full of or attractive to snipe.

The fowler wends his way at dusk to some favourite snipey spot, and beats the ground while he carries the net about three feet off the earth.

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意味（2）

(of an animal's head) Resembling the bill of a snipe; long, thin, and pointed; beaky;

Curiously, some of the best fox-killers I have encountered lacked the bull terrier heads of the type bred by Breay, and some were decidedly mousy in appearance, with narrow, snipey jaws.

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意味（3）

Having a tendency to snipe; given to nasty or cutting comments.

You don't have to be so snipey, you know.

詳細

more snipey （ comparative ）

most snipey （ superlative ）