snip

英 [snɪp]

美 [snɪp]

v.  (用剪刀快速)剪，剪断，剪开
n.  剪; 剪东西的咔嚓声; (剪金属用的)平头剪; 价廉物美的东西; 便宜货

现在分词：snipping　过去式：snipped　复数：snips　过去分词：snipped　第三人称单数：snips　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.16204 / COCA.14389

短语用例

snip sth↔off

• （快速）剪去，剪掉
  to remove sth by cutting it with scissors in short quick strokes
  1. Snip a tiny hole in the paper.
     在纸上剪一个小孔。
  2. She snipped at the loose threads hanging down.
     她把垂下来的线头剪掉。

牛津词典

verb

• （用剪刀快速）剪，剪断，剪开
  to cut sth with scissors using short quick strokes
  1. Snip a tiny hole in the paper.
     在纸上剪一个小孔。
  2. She snipped at the loose threads hanging down.
     她把垂下来的线头剪掉。

noun

• 剪；剪东西的咔嚓声
  an act of cutting sth with scissors; the sound that this makes
  1. Make a series of small snips along the edge of the fabric.
     顺着布边细碎地剪。
  2. Snip, snip, went the scissors.
     剪刀咔嚓咔嚓地剪着。
• （剪金属用的）平头剪
  a tool like large scissors, used for cutting metal
• 价廉物美的东西；便宜货
  a thing that is cheap and good value
  1. It's a snip at only £25.
     这个只卖25英镑，真是便宜。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 剪;剪下;剪断
  If yousnipsomething, or if yousnip atorthroughsomething, you cut it quickly using sharp scissors.
  1. He has now begun to snip away at the piece of paper...
     现在他已经开始剪这张纸。
  2. He snipped a length of new bandage and placed it around Peter's chest.
     他剪下一段新绷带，缠在了彼得的胸口。
• N-SING 货真价实之物;物美价廉的物品
  If you say that something isa snip, you mean that it is very good value.
  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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of clipping or snipping
  Synonym:clipclipping
• a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
  Synonym:snippetsnipping

verb

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
  1. dress the plants in the garden
  Synonym:clipcroptrimlopdressprunecut back
• sever or remove by pinching or snipping
  1. nip off the flowers
  Synonym:nipnip offclipsnip off

双语例句

• Unfortunately this is a complicated piece you can't just snip a few coils from it and nobody manufactures a replacement spring that's any lighter.
  可惜这个零件很复杂，你不可能只花一丁点钱就搞好，也没有任何制造商套件可以选用。
• The Efficacy Tests of Snip Poison Baits against Flies and Cockroaches
  蝇蟑宁毒饵对家蝇、德国小蠊的灭效观察
• So he snip an empty can, stuffed into a bicycle bell cover, melted a silver-grey metal of a nail size, and then spent ￥ 600 in Urban non-ferrous metal Institute to do the testing.
  于是他把一个空罐剪碎，装进自行车的铃盖里，熔化成一块指甲大小的银灰色金属，然后花了600元在市有色金属研究所做了化验。
• He snipped a length of new bandage and placed it around Peter's chest.
  他剪下一段新绷带，缠在了彼得的胸口。
• After a few days, technicians snip off the plant's leaves, grind them up and purify the antibody.
  数天后，技术人员剪下树叶，磨碎，纯化抗体。
• Wouldn't my wife have more chance of persuading me to have the snip if she promised me more frequent sex rather than threatening to withdraw it altogether?
  如果我妻应允我更频繁的性活动而不用完全撤掉性活动来威胁我，她是否更能说服我去做绝育术？
• I don't actually know exactly what it would take, but you just cut off and snip the relevant nerve endings so that we're no longer able to engage in that higher order thinking.
  我不知道手术到底怎样做，但只要切除相关的神经末梢，让我们无法进行，更高层次的思维。
• To do this, snip open the one-way clamp.
  为此，剪开单向卡箍。
• With a few quick snip of the shear he prune the bush.
  他用大剪刀几下子就把灌木给修剪好了。
• These enzymes are used to "snip apart" plasmids at very specific DNA sequences, leaving free ends that can be rejoined as the scientist chooses.
  这些酶被用来把特定的DNA序列中的原生质切断，切断后的原生质可以被科学家们自由地重新连接。