snip的意思

snip

英式音标[snɪp]
美式英标[snɪp]

基本解释

n. 剪；便宜货

vt. 剪断

vi. 剪

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.

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。

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。

3. Snip a tiny hole in the paper.: 在纸上剪一个小孔。

4. He has now begun to snip away at the piece of paper.: 现在他已经开始剪这张纸。

5. There's a snip in this cloth.: 这块布有一个剪口.

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