snub

• vt.冷たく; 厳しく叱責される; 消される
• n. 冷たい; 叱責する; 急停止する
• adj.ブレーキをかける；短い、平らな、ひっくり返った

子音クラスターsn-, nose, sniff, sniff, nasal, compare sneer, snore, snicker, sniff, snuff.から来た可能性がある。短く、平らで、上を向いた鼻を指すのに使われ、to snub, snubなどの動詞の意味に派生する。

snub (v.)

mid-14c., "to check, reprove, rebuke," from Old Norse snubba "to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove." The ground sense is perhaps "to cut off," and the word probably is related to snip. Compare Swedish snobba "lop off, snuff (a candle)," Old Norse snubbotr "snubbed, nipped, with the tip cut off." Meaning "treat coldly" appeared early 18c. Related: Snubbed; snubbing.

snub (adj.)

"short and turned up," 1725, in snub-nosed, from snub (v.). The connecting notion is of being "cut short."

snub (n.)

"rebuke, intentional slight," 1530s, from snub (v.).

1. Ryan took it as a snub .

ライアンは怠慢だと思っている。

2.He took the opportunity to deliver us another snub .

彼は機会を借りて再び私たちを冷遇した。

3.The German move was widely seen as a deliberate snub to Mr Cook.

ドイツ側の動きはクック氏に対する意図的な怠慢と見なされている。

4.His cancellation of the concert was seen as a deliberate snub to the organizers.

彼はコンサートをキャンセルした。これは主催者への意図的なボイコットと考えられている。

5.He nested his snub face on the sheets beside her and they cried together.

彼は彼女のそばに平たい顔をシーツに貼り、二人は泣いた。