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snip sth
动词用法：及物，snip 后直接接被剪的东西。
He snipped the wire carefully.
他仔细地剪断了电线。
剪下的小片；碎片
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剪下的小片；碎片
a small piece, especially one that has been cut off by snipping
He snipped the wire carefully.
他仔细地剪断了电线。
剪的动作；剪下少量。
The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
用剪刀、剪子或类似工具的一次剪切。
A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
少量；一撮。
A small amount of something; a pinch.
剪下的一片；剪出的碎片。
A piece cut out by snipping.
The hairdresser will snip a few centimeters off your ends before styling.
理发师会在造型前剪掉你几厘米的发梢。
He snipped the dry stem with pruning shears to encourage new growth.
他用修枝剪剪掉干枯的茎，以促进新枝生长。
She was carefully snipping the loose thread with a pair of tiny scissors.
她正用一把小剪刀仔细地剪着松开的线头。
动词用法：及物，snip 后直接接被剪的东西。
He snipped the wire carefully.
他仔细地剪断了电线。
动词用法：off/from 表示从某处剪下，也可以说 snip off sth。
She snipped a loose thread from her sleeve.
她从袖子上剪下一根松脱的线头。
动词用法：at 表示反复、小幅地剪，不强调剪掉的具体对象。
The hairdresser snipped at the ends of my hair.
理发师在我的发梢上轻轻地剪着。
名词用法：give sth a snip 表示快速剪一下。
Give the ribbon a snip to remove the tag.
剪一下丝带，把标签取下来。
Not this
She sniped the thread with the scissors.
Use this
She snipped the thread with the scissors.
snip 是重读闭音节单词，末尾加 -ed 时需双写 p，写成 snipped；sniped 是另一动词 snipe（狙击）的过去式，且读音与 snip 的过去式不同。
Not this
He snipped the loose thread with a scissors.
Use this
He snipped the loose thread with a pair of scissors.
scissors 是复数形式，不能说 a scissors；要说 a pair of scissors，或者直接说 scissors。snip 本身常表示用剪刀快速剪一下，所以这里搭配 scissors 很自然。
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剪掉
Snip off the dry ends of the plant.
剪掉植物的枯梢。
一点一点地剪
She snipped away at the loose threads.
她把松开的线头一点一点剪掉。
剪下；剪除
He snipped out the coupon from the newspaper.
他把报纸上的优惠券剪了下来。
剪成
Snip the paper into small pieces.
把纸剪成小片。
一小片；一小截
A snip of fabric was enough to match the colour.
一小块布料就足够用来比对颜色了。
咔嚓一剪
With a snip of the scissors, the ribbon was cut.
剪刀咔嚓一剪，丝带就断了。
便宜货，合算的交易
This bag was a snip at half the usual price.
这个包以平时一半的价格买到，真划算。
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想象剪刀剪断线头时发出短促的'snip'声，表示快速剪一下或剪下的小片。
语域：mixed 常见场景：everyday conversation、sewing/craft work、gardening snip 通常指用剪刀快速地剪，多用于日常对话、手工或园艺等非正式场合；作名词时指剪下的小片或一剪。虽然在正式文章中也能见到表示“削减”的用法，但更正式的说法多用 cut、trim 或 reduce。日常表达时用 snip 比较自然。
过去式/过去分词为 snipped，注意双写 p。
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