• vi. 溜；鬼鬼祟祟做事；向老师打小报告
• vt. 偷偷地做；偷偷取得
• n. 鬼鬼祟祟的人；偷偷摸摸的行为；告密者
• adj. 暗中进行的

可能来自中古英语 sniken,爬，蜷缩，来自 Proto-Germanic*snikana,爬，来自 PIE*sneg,爬，词 源同 snail,snake.引申词义偷偷地走，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.

有些时候，我们期待的事情会不期而至。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Don't sneak away and hide.

别溜走藏起来。

来自柯林斯例句

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

他们参观了一次对内的冬季时装预展.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Don't you be a sneak!

不许你告诉老师!

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. Don't trust that sneak.

别相信那个家伙.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》