
snore /snr/
动词/名词。指睡觉时因呼吸道部分阻塞而发出的粗重呼吸声,即"打鼾"或"鼾声"。
/snr/
He snores so loudly that no one wants to share a room with him.
他打鼾声太大了,没人愿意跟他住一个房间。
The gentle snore coming from the old armchair told her that her grandfather had fallen asleep over his newspaper again.
从旧扶手椅传来的轻微鼾声告诉她,爷爷又看着报纸睡着了。
snore 源自中古英语 snoren,与古英语 fnora(打喷嚏)及古高地德语 snarchen 有关,均为模仿鼻腔发出声音的拟声词。该词根与 snort(喷鼻息)同源,反映了日耳曼语系中用 sn- 开头的词汇常与鼻子、鼻息相关的特点,如 sneeze(打喷嚏)、sniff(嗅)、snout(口鼻部)等。