snip

英 [snɪp] 美[snɪp]
  • n. 剪;便宜货
  • vt. 剪断
  • vi. 剪

GRE低频词扩展词汇

词态变化


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

助记提示


1. snip => snippet.

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.

双语例句


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