• vi. 溜；鬼鬼祟祟做事；向老師打小報告
• vt. 偷偷地做；偷偷取得
• n. 鬼鬼祟祟的人；偷偷摸摸的行為；告密者
• adj. 暗中進行的

可能來自中古英語 sniken,爬，蜷縮，來自 Proto-Germanic*snikana,爬，來自 PIE*sneg,爬，詞 源同 snail,snake.引申詞義偷偷地走，溜走。

sneak (v.)

1550s (implied in sneakish), perhaps from some dialectal survival of Middle English sniken "to creep, crawl" (c. 1200), related to Old English snican "to sneak along, creep, crawl," from Proto-Germanic *sneikanan, which is related to the root of snake (n.). Of feelings, suspicions, etc., from 1748. Transitive sense, "to partake of surreptitiously" is from 1883. Related: Sneaking. Sneak-thief first recorded 1859; sneak-preview is from 1938.

sneak (n.)

"a sneaking person; mean, contemptible fellow," 1640s, from sneak (v.).

1. Sometimes our expectations sneak up on us unawares.

有些時候，我們期待的事情會不期而至。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Don't sneak away and hide.

別溜走藏起來。

來自柯林斯例句

3. They attended a sneak preview of the winter fashion collection.

他們參觀了一次對內的冬季時裝預展.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Don't you be a sneak!

不許你告訴老師!

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. Don't trust that sneak.

別相信那個家伙.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》