英文词源
- snip (n.)
- 1550s, "small piece of cut-out cloth," probably from Dutch or Low German snippen "to snip, shred," of imitative origin. Meaning "cut made by scissors" is from 1590s. As a nickname or cant word for a tailor, 1590s. Snip-snap-snorum, the card game, is 1755, from Low German.
- snip (v.)
- "to cut at one light, quick stroke," 1580s, from snip (n.). Related: Snipped; snipping.
中文解释
1. snip => snippet.
实用例句
- 1. The beautifully made briefcase is a snip at £74.25.
- 这个做工精美的公文包售价才74.25英镑，可谓物美价廉。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I sit down, thread a needle, snip off an old button.
- 我坐下来，穿好针，剪下一枚旧纽扣。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Snip a tiny hole in the paper.
- 在纸上剪一个小孔。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. He has now begun to snip away at the piece of paper.
- 现在他已经开始剪这张纸。
来自辞典例句
- 5. There's a snip in this cloth.
- 这块布有一个剪口.
来自辞典例句