snivel

• n. 鼻をすする；すすり泣く
• vi. 鼻水が出る；泣く

子音クラスターsn-から、鼻、匂い、鼻をすする、鼻音、sneer、snore、snicker、sniff、snuffを比較する。 snivelの音を真似る。

snivel

snivel: see snuff

snivel (v.)

Old English *snyflan "to run at the nose," related to snyflung "running of the nose," snofl "nasal mucus;" see snout. Meaning "to be in an (affected) tearful state" is from 1680s. Related: Snivelled; snivelling. As a noun from 14c. Melville coined snivelization (1849). Middle English had contemptuous term snivelard (n.).

1. ビリー?started to snivel .His mother smacked his hand.

ビリーはすすり泣きした。母は彼の手を打った。