snore

来自辅音丛 sn-,鼻子，闻，嗅，发鼻音，比较 sneer,snore,snicker,sniff,snuff.引申词义打鼾， 打呼噜。

snore

snore: [14] Like snort [14] (which originally meant ‘snore’), snore goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic base *snor-, imitative of the sound it represents. From the same source came German schnarchen ‘snore’, which produced the German dialect noun schnorchel ‘snout’. The mainstream language adopted it as a term for a ‘breathing tube’, and English borrowed it as snorkel [20].
=> snorkel, snort

snore (v.)

mid-15c., probably related to snort (v.) and both probably of imitative origin (compare Dutch snorken, Middle High German snarchen, German schnarchen, Swedish snarka; see snout). Related: Snored; snoring.

snore (n.)

mid-14c., "a snort;" c. 1600, "act of snoring," of imitative origin; see snore (v.).

1. Uncle Arthur, after a loud snore, woke suddenly.

阿瑟叔叔打了一个响鼾后，突然醒了过来。

2. His loud snore kept me awake.

他的鼾声大得使我睡不着.

3. To sleep on my own and not hear the boys snore or grunt was pure bliss.

自己一个人睡、不用听男孩们的鼾声或咕哝声简直是幸福极了。

4. As the night deepened, Huck began to nod, and presently to snore.

夜色渐深, 哈克打起盹来, 不久便鼾声大作.

5. A measured, muffled snore issued from Aunt Polly's chamber.

从波莉姨妈卧室里传来一阵匀称的 、 沉闷的鼾声.