snub1 /snxb; snAb/ vt (-bb-) [VP6A] treat (esp a younger or less senior person) with cold behaviour or contempt; reject (an offer) in this way: 慢待或冷落 (尤指年齡較幼或地位較低者); 冷冷地或輕蔑地拒絕 (建議、要求等): be/get ~ bed by a civil servant. 被一位公務(wù)員所慢待。 n [C] ~ bing words or behaviour: 慢待; 冷落; 慢得或冷落的目辭; suffer a ~,受冷落。