首页英语词典snipsnip的意思

snip怎么读？

snip

英 [snɪp] 美[snɪp]

英英释义实用场景例句

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。

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.