/snɑ:l; snɑrl/
v
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (at sb/sth) (of dogs, etc) show the teeth and growl angrily （指狗等）露出牙齿低声怒吠或吼
*The dog snarled at the milkman. 那条狗对着送牛奶的人低声吠叫.
* The tiger snarled frighteningly. 老虎发出可怕的吼声.
2 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr] ~ (sth) (at sb) (of people) speak in an angry bad-tempered voice （指人）咆哮, 厉声喊叫
*`Get out of here,' he snarled (at us). ｀滚开,＇他（对我们）厉声嚷道.
* an unpleasant man who snarled abuse at strangers 大骂陌生人的讨厌的男子.

n (usu sing 通常作单数) act or sound of snarling 怒吼（声）; 咆哮（声）
*the sudden snarl of the dog 那狗突然发出的吠叫声
* answer with an angry snarl 怒气冲冲地回答.

/snɑ:l; snɑrl/
n (infml 口) confused state; tangle 混乱; 纠缠
*My knitting was in a terrible snarl. 我织的东西都乱成一团了.

v (phr v) snarl (sth) up (usu passive 通常用于被动语态) (infml 口) (cause sth to) become confused,jammed, tangled, etc （使某物）混乱、阻塞、纠结在一起等
*The machine snarled the material up. 机器把材料搅在一起了.
* Traffic has snarled up the city centre. 来往车辆把市中心堵得水泄不通. `snarl-up n (infml 口) tangled or jammed state, esp of traffic 拥挤、阻塞的状态（尤指交通）
*a big snarl-up on the motorway 高速公路上严重的交通阻塞.

v
[Sense: 1-2; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: snar 'to snarl' (1500-1600), from the sound.]
[Sense: 3; Date: 1300-1400; Origin: snarl 'net for catching things' (14-19 centuries), from SNARE¹]
[I]
if an animal snarls, it makes a low angry sound and shows its teeth
→growlsnarl at
　The dog growled and snarled at me.
[I and T]
to speak or say something in a nasty, angry way
　'Shut up,' he snarled.
[T usually passive]alsosnarl upBrE
to prevent traffic from moving
　Traffic snarled up on both sides of the road.
>snarln[C]
　an angry snarl