snip
verb /snɪp/
/snɪp/
[transitive, intransitive]动词形式
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they snip | /snɪp/ /snɪp/ |
he / she / it snips | /snɪps/ /snɪps/ |
past simple snipped | /snɪpt/ /snɪpt/ |
past participle snipped | /snɪpt/ /snɪpt/ |
-ing form snipping | /ˈsnɪpɪŋ/ /ˈsnɪpɪŋ/ |
- to cut something with scissors using short quick movements
(用剪刀快速)剪,剪断,剪开 - snip something Snip a tiny hole in the paper.
在纸上剪一个小孔。 - snip (at/through something) She snipped at the loose threads hanging down.
她把垂下来的线头剪掉。
词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘a shred’): from Low German snip ‘small piece’, of imitative origin. - snip something Snip a tiny hole in the paper.