| 单词 | snore- |
| 释义 | snore-
the stem of the vb. in comb., as snore-hole, snore-piece (see quots.).
1860Eng. & For. Mining Gloss. (ed. 2) 63 *Snore-holes, the holes in the windbore to admit the water. 1862Smiles Engineers III. 45 The pumps frequently got choked by the sand drawn in at the bottom of the well through the snore-holes, or apertures through which the water to be raised is admitted. 1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-m. 229.
1867W. W. Smyth Coal & Coal-mining 180 The lowermost portion [of the pump] is the so-called wind-bore, or *snore-piece, where the holes in the bottom..are of such size as to prevent the entry of chips or stones. 1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-m. 229 Snore-piece, the lowest end of a pump sett through which the water passes.
b. With advb. snore-off colloq. (chiefly Austral. and N.Z.), a sleep or nap, esp. after drinking.
1950Landfall June 127, I notice Little Spike's legs sticking out from an empty tallow cask where he is having a snore-off. 1967K. Giles Death & Mr Prettyman vi. 120 He always vowed to cut out these afternoon snore-offs. 1968D. O'Grady Bottle of Sandwiches 49 He surfaced from his plonk-induced snore-off. |
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