sneak

/sniːk/

意味: こそこそする人

例文: Haruki: “Who’s the midnight snack sneak?”
　　  ハルキ：「夜食をこそこそ食べる奴は誰だ？」

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: sneak peek(こっそり見る), sneak attack(奇襲), sneak out(こっそり抜け出す)

定義: こっそりと動くことや、誰にも気づかれずに何かをすることを指します。例えば、誰かに見つからないように静かに歩いたり、秘密裏に何かを持ち出したりすることです。

sneakは約100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
Noun: someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
Noun: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
Verb: to go stealthily or furtively
Verb: put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner
Verb: make off with belongings of others
Verb: pass on stealthily
Adjective: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

I will sneak into the party tonight.(今夜パーティーにこっそり入ります。)
She tried to sneak a cookie from the jar.(彼女はクッキーをこっそり取ろうとした。)
They sneak out early to avoid the crowd.(彼らは人混みを避けて早く抜け出す。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor’s house
Verb: sneak a look
Verb: sneak a cigarette
Verb: He slipped me the key when nobody was looking
Adjective: a furtive manner
Adjective: a sneak attack
Adjective: stealthy footsteps
Adjective: a surreptitious glance at his watch

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): abstract, cabbage, canary, creep, filch, fink, furtive, hook, lift, mouse, nobble, pilfer, pinch, prowler, purloin, pussyfoot, slip, snarf, sneak, sneaker, sneaky, snitch, snitcher, stalker, stealthy, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon, surreptitious, swipe

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): act, informer, intruder, pass, steal, unpleasant person, walk

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): act on, aggravator, alienator, alternate, amble, ambulate, anathema, antagonize, anticipate, asshole, attack, begin, behave, boarder, bore, burglarize, clump, coact, cold fish, come close, come to the fore, condescend, continue, cope, court, create, creep, critic, cunt, cynic, dally, dare, deal, dispatch, do well, effect, egotist, egotrip, embezzle, entrust, evade, exert, finish up, fink, flounce, foot, force, gatecrasher, get around to, give, go, go ahead, go off half-cocked, grabber, grouch, guard, hand over, hike, hook, hustle, incubus, infiltrator, interact, interrupt, invader, joker, limp, lollop, loot, lord it over, lumber, make a point, make bold, maneuver, march, mince, misbehave, monster, nark, oppressor, pace, pain, participate, partner, pawer, peasant, penetrator, perambulate, perform, perpetrate, pharisee, pilfer, pill, pirate, plagiarize, play, play it by ear, pocket, prima donna, promenade, prosecute, prowl, prowler, prude, pusher, race, rampage, react, reciprocate, release, repeat, reward, rob, rotter, rush, rustle, satisfice, scoffer, scold, selfish person, set about, shoplift, shuffle, skulk, sleepwalk, slink, slip, slog, slouch, sneak, sneerer, snob, snorter, spacewalk, squatter, stagger, stalk, stampede, step, stomp, stranger, stride, stroll, stumble, supergrass, surprise, take, take care, take time by the forelock, tap, tiptoe, tittup, toddle, toe, traipse, tramp down, tread, try, unpleasant woman, upstart, use, volunteer, vulgarian, wade, wait, walk off, whiner, woo, worm

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語):

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: cabbage, creep, creeper, fink, furtiveness, lifter, pilferage, pilferer, prowl, sneak, sneakiness, sneaky, snitch, stalk, stealth, stealthiness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anger, fear, negative, surprise