sny

英语

最早见于晚期中古英语；源自中古英语 snyȝe (“爬行”)；类似丹麦语 snige (“溜走”), 爱尔兰语 snighim，古爱尔兰语 snaighim。

sny (第三人称单数简单现在时 snies，现在分词 snying，一般过去时及过去分词 snied)

“† Sny, v.” listed on page 343 of volume IX, part I (Si–St) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1919]
† Sny, v. Obs.^— 1 In 5 snyȝe. [Of obscure origin.] intr. To move, proceed. [¶] a 1400–50 Alexander 4095 Þan snyȝes þar, out of þat snyth hill.., A burly best.
“†sny, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

最早见于1674年；词源不明。

sny (第三人称单数简单现在时 snies，现在分词 snying，一般过去时及过去分词 snied)

（现〈方〉）〈不及物〉大量存在，成群出现
- 1913, 大卫·赫伯特·劳伦斯，《儿子与情人》，第四章
  “And did you kill it?”
  “I did, for they’re a nuisance. The place is fair snied wi’ ‛em.”

“Sny, v.” listed on page 343 of volume IX, part I (Si–St) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1919]
Sny (snəi), v. Now dial. Forms: 7 snithe, 9 snive; 7, 9 snie, 8–9 sny, 9 snye; 7, 9 snee. [Of obscure origin.] intr. To abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something. [¶] 1674 Ray N.C. Words 44 To Snee or snie, to abound or swarm. He snies with Lice, he swarms with them. 1675 V. Alsop Anti-sozzo 503 Certainly never did man so snithe with prejudices against Truth. c 1746 J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lanc. Dial. Gloss., Snye, to swarm. 1849 Howitt Year Bk. Country 242/32 The villages in the forest sny with children. 1882 Echo 16 Jan. 4/1 The place literally ‘snives’ with rabbits. 1897 J. Prior Ripple & Flood xix, The watter snies wi’ fish.
“sny, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

最早见于1711年；词源不明。对比snying、丹麦语 sno (“盘绕”，“缠绕”)。

sny (复数 snies)

“Sny, sb.” listed on page 343 of volume IX, part I (Si–St) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1919]
Sny (snəi), sb. Shipbuilding. [Cf. Snying vbl. sb.] (See quots. 1846 and 1875.) [¶] a. 1711 W. Sutherland Shipbuild. Assist. 54 In working up a round Buttock of a Ship, the lower Edge of the Planks will have a sudden Sny aft. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 288 In shipbuilding, a plank is said to have sny, when its edge has an upward curve. [¶] b. c 1850 Rudim. Nav. (Weale) 149 The great sny occasioned in full bows..is..to be prevented by introducing steelers. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech. 2232/1 Sny,..the trend of the lines of a ship upward from amidship toward the bow and the stern.
“sny, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

本拼法最早见于1893年；参见snye。

sny (复数 snies)

〈古〉小水道，支航道
- 1893, 马克·吐温，《汤姆·索亚在国外》，《汤姆·索亚探案》等系列故事 (1896), page unknown
  “Well, Mars Tom, my idea is like dis. It ain’t no use, we can’t kill dem po’ strangers dat ain’t doin’ us no harm, till we’ve had practice — I knows it perfectly well, Mars Tom — ‛deed I knows it perfectly well. But ef we takes a’ ax or two, jist you en me en Huck, en slips acrost de river to-night arter de moon’s gone down, en kills dat sick fam’ly dat’s over on the Sny, en burns dey house down, en —”
- 1948, Lawrence Johnstone Burpee [ed.], Canadian Geographical Journal (Royal Canadian Geographical Society), volume 36, page 151
  The word snye, sny or snie has been used for many years to describe a channel behind an island, with slack current or partly dried, or some such similar feature.