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1. Just then someone started sniping at us.
    就在那时有人开始向我们打冷枪。

1. 沙锥鸟：1773年前后,驻扎在印度斯坦的英国士兵喜欢一种猎杀一种名为沙锥鸟(Snipe)的游戏. 由于这种敏捷的小鸟异常难于击中,所以,长于此道的人便被称为sniper. 此后,Sniper成为专业狙击手的正式叫法. 关于狙击手的起源还有多种,但狙击手的内涵却一直没有改变-

2. 沙锥：John)说,有一只猫常捕捉猎鸟(game-bird)回家,另一只猫捕捉山兔或兔,还有一只猫在沼泽地上行猎,几乎每夜都要捕捉一些山鹬(woodcock)或沙锥(snipe). 有许多奇异而真实的例子可以用来说明与某种心理状态或某一时期有关的各种不同痹性和嗜好以及怪癖,

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3. 狙击：Smoothbore 滑膛 | Snipe 狙击 | Sounding rocket 探空火箭

1. 批评;攻击;中伤
    If someone snipes at you, they criticize you.

    e.g. The Spanish media were still sniping at the British press yesterday.
           西班牙媒体昨天仍然在攻击英国媒体。

2. 狙击;放冷枪
    To snipe at someone means to shoot at them from a hidden position.

    e.g. Gunmen have repeatedly sniped at US Army positions...
           持枪匪徒一再朝美军阵地放冷枪。
    e.g. A member of the security forces was killed in a sniping incident.
           有一名安全部队成员在一场狙击战中被打死。

3. 鹬;沙锥
    A snipe is a type of bird with a very long beak which lives in wet areas of land.

1. a gunshot from a concealed location

2. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family
    of marshy areas
    similar to the woodcocks

1. attack in speech or writing

    e.g. The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker

    Synonym: attackroundassaillash outassault

2. aim and shoot with great precision

    Synonym: sharpshoot

3. hunt or shoot snipe