snip
音标：
英音/ snɪp / 美音/ snɪp /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
This snipping of Queen Victoria’s hair is encased in a gold locket and could be yours for an estimated £500.
这幅维多利亚女王剪下的头发被装在一个金挂坠盒中，估价 500 英镑即可归您所有。
—BBC
Newcastle United’s new era of riches under their Saudi Arabian owners has brought fresh ambition and big spending – but the £10m handed over to Burnley for Nick Pope looks like a snip.
纽卡斯尔联队在沙特阿拉伯老板的带领下开启了新的财富时代，带来了新的雄心和巨额支出——但为尼克·波普交给伯恩利的 1000 万英镑看起来只是小菜一碟。
—BBC
She will eventually snip off enough fleece for her project — along with wee bits of several fingers.
她最终会为她的项目剪下足够的羊毛——还有几根手指的一小部分。
—Washington Post
基本释意：
verb
sever or remove by pinching or snipping
剪；便宜货
同义词：
clip,nip,nip off,snip off,clip,crop,cut back,dress,lop,prune,trim,clip,clipping,snippet,snipping
短释义：
A gardener snips dead blooms from a plant so new ones can grow, and a dog groomer carefully snips the hair covering your terrier’s face so she can see where she’s going. Snip is also a noun: “I saved a snip of the baby’s hair to put in your scrapbook.” The noun came first, initially meaning “a small piece of cut out cloth.” In the 16th century, it was also a common nickname for a tailor.
剪断就是用短而快速的动作进行剪断，就像你在镜子里剪刘海，或者剪掉夹克上松散的线头一样。
长释义：
A gardener snips dead blooms from a plant so new ones can grow, and a dog groomer carefully snips the hair covering your terrier’s face so she can see where she’s going. Snip is also a noun: “I saved a snip of the baby’s hair to put in your scrapbook.” The noun came first, initially meaning “a small piece of cut out cloth.” In the 16th century, it was also a common nickname for a tailor.
园丁剪掉植物上枯死的花朵，以便新的花朵能够生长，狗美容师小心地剪掉遮盖梗犬脸上的毛发，这样她就可以看到自己要去的地方。 Snip 也是一个名词：“我保存了婴儿头发的一部分，放在你的剪贴簿中。”这个名词首先出现，最初的意思是“一小块剪下来的布”。在16世纪，它也是裁缝的常见绰号。
文学例句：
Palmer was about to throw his vote to baseball when suddenly the sunlight was briefly snipped, as if a page had been turned in front of a lightbulb.
帕尔默正要投票给棒球，突然阳光被短暂地剪断，就像在灯泡前翻过一页一样。
—Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
She wound my braid into a tight ball, then arranged and snipped the loose silk strands until they fell into a neat tassel.
她把我的辫子绕成一个紧密的球，然后整理并剪断松散的丝线，直到它们变成整齐的流苏。
—The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
I took the scissors out of the sewing basket in the kitchen and snipped the threads of the hem of my cloak.
我从厨房的缝纫篮里拿出剪刀，剪断斗篷下摆的线头。
—Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
词源：
snip (n.)1550s, “small piece of cloth cut off or out,” probably from Dutch or Low German snippen “to snip, shred,” which is of imitative origin. The meaning “a single cut made by shears or scissors” is from 1590s. Figurative of a small amount of anything from 1580s. As a nickname or cant word for a tailor, 1590s.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
snip (n.)1550年代，“剪下或切掉的一小块布”，可能源自荷兰语或低地德语 snippen “剪断、撕碎”，这是模仿起源。 “用剪子或剪刀进行一次切割”的意思来自 1590 年代。比喻 1580 年代的少量物品。作为 1590 年代裁缝的昵称或俚语。相关条目及更多
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