snag

snag1
noun
  1. an unexpected or hidden obstacle or drawback
    意外（或潜在）的障碍
    there's one small snag.
    有个小小的暗障。
  2. a sharp, angular, or jagged projection
    （尖利、角或锯齿状的）突出物
    keep an emery board handy in case of nail snags.
    留一把指甲砂锉在手边，以备指甲有尖处时要锉掉。
    ■a rent or tear in fabric caused by such a projection
    （织品的）戳破处，钩破处
  3. (N. Amer.)a dead tree
    (北美)死树
(snagged, snagging)
[with obj.]
  1. catch or tear (something) on a projection
    钩破，戳破
    thorns snagged his sweater.
    荆棘把他的羊毛衫钩破了。
    ■[no obj.]become caught on a projection
    被突出物缠住
    radio aerials snagged on bushes and branches.
    收音机天线和灌木丛及树枝缠在一起了。
    ■(N. Amer. informal)catch or obtain (someone or something)
    (北美，非正式)抓住（或得到）
    it's the first time they've snagged the star for a photo.
    这是他们第一次抓住机会和这位影星合影。
派生
snaggy
adjective
  1. （限义项 2）
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (in sense 2): probably of Scandinavian origin. The early sense 'stump sticking out from a tree trunk' gave rise to a US sense 'submerged piece of timber obstructing navigation', of which sense 1 is originally a figurative use. Current verb senses arose in the 19th cent
snag2
noun
  1. (Austral. informal)a sausage
    (澳，非正式)香肠
语源
  1. 1940s: of unknown origin
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