snip

verb

1. （用剪刀快速）剪，剪断，剪开
   to cut sth with scissors using short quick strokes
   1. Snip a tiny hole in the paper.
      在纸上剪一个小孔。
   2. She snipped at the loose threads hanging down.
      她把垂下来的线头剪掉。

noun

1. 剪；剪东西的咔嚓声
   an act of cutting sth with scissors; the sound that this makes
   1. Make a series of small snips along the edge of the fabric.
      顺着布边细碎地剪。
   2. Snip, snip, went the scissors.
      剪刀咔嚓咔嚓地剪着。
2. （剪金属用的）平头剪
   a tool like large scissors, used for cutting metal
3. 价廉物美的东西；便宜货
   a thing that is cheap and good value
   1. It's a snip at only £25.
      这个只卖25英镑，真是便宜。

1. VERB 剪;剪下;剪断
   If you snip something, or if you snip at or through something, you cut it quickly using sharp scissors.
   1. He has now begun to snip away at the piece of paper...
      现在他已经开始剪这张纸。
   2. He snipped a length of new bandage and placed it around Peter's chest.
      他剪下一段新绷带，缠在了彼得的胸口。
2. N-SING 货真价实之物;物美价廉的物品
   If you say that something is a snip, you mean that it is very good value.
   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。

1. He has now begun to snip away at the piece of paper
   现在他已经开始剪这张纸。
2. He snipped a length of new bandage and placed it around Peter's chest.
   他剪下一段新绷带，缠在了彼得的胸口。
3. 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。
4. These enzymes are used to "snip apart" plasmids at very specific DNA sequences, leaving free ends that can be rejoined as the scientist chooses.
   这些酶被用来把特定的DNA序列中的原生质切断，切断后的原生质可以被科学家们自由地重新连接。
5. See, for example, the black shaved mink trenchcoat from Burberry and chinchilla-lined cashmere top coat from Brioni ( not exactly a snip at$ 30000 suggested retail price).
   例如，可以去看看burberry的黑色无毛貂皮军装大衣，以及brioni用南美栗鼠皮镶边的羊绒短外套（不过，3万美元的建议零售价可不算便宜）。
6. Snip the chives and mix these in with the potatoes.
   把细香葱叶剪断，混和在马铃薯中。
7. Unfortunately this is a complicated piece you can't just snip a few coils from it and nobody manufactures a replacement spring that's any lighter.
   可惜这个零件很复杂，你不可能只花一丁点钱就搞好，也没有任何制造商套件可以选用。
8. No sooner had she made one snip that out came the head of one of the kids.
   她刚刚剪开一个小口，一个孩子的头就冒了出来。
9. With a few quick snip of the shear he prune the bush.
   他用大剪刀几下子就把灌木给修剪好了。
10. Genetic engineering can't simply be coded to say, for instance, snip this additional stomach away.
    基因工程不仅是编码的问题，例如：把胃的多余部分切除。
11. To do this, snip open the one-way clamp.
    为此，剪开单向卡箍。
12. So he snip an empty can, stuffed into a bicycle bell cover, melted a silver-grey metal of a nail size, and then spent ￥ 600 in Urban non-ferrous metal Institute to do the testing.
    于是他把一个空罐剪碎，装进自行车的铃盖里，熔化成一块指甲大小的银灰色金属，然后花了600元在市有色金属研究所做了化验。
13. They cost between C$ 600,000 and$ 2m ($ 600,000-2m), an enormous amount to locals, but a snip to European buyers used to less space for more money.
    它们的成本在60000-2000000加元之间，对当地人来说是笔庞大的支出，但对于习惯于花大价钱买小地方的欧洲买家而言，只是九牛一毛。
14. Snip a tiny hole in the paper.
    在纸上剪一个小孔。
15. There should be fierce bidding for a very unusual art deco triangular evening bag in silver metal overlaid in black enamel, a snip at around 300.
    一个装饰主义风格的三角形晚装手袋应该会引起激烈的竞价，这个手袋非比寻常，表面镀银，外面再覆以黑釉。其估价约为300英镑，可说是物美价廉。
16. After a few days, technicians snip off the plant's leaves, grind them up and purify the antibody.
    数天后，技术人员剪下树叶，磨碎，纯化抗体。
17. A brief history of punctoplasty: The 3-snip revisited
    泪点成形术的简要历史：3剪术回顾
18. Wouldn't my wife have more chance of persuading me to have the snip if she promised me more frequent sex rather than threatening to withdraw it altogether?
    如果我妻应允我更频繁的性活动而不用完全撤掉性活动来威胁我，她是否更能说服我去做绝育术？
19. I don't actually know exactly what it would take, but you just cut off and snip the relevant nerve endings so that we're no longer able to engage in that higher order thinking.
    我不知道手术到底怎样做，但只要切除相关的神经末梢，让我们无法进行，更高层次的思维。
20. I asked the hairdresser just to snip the ends of my hair.
    我让理发师只把我头发末梢剪掉。
21. The hybrid difference scheme and SNIP method were employed.
    采用混合差分格式和SNIP方法进行数值求解。
22. The Efficacy Tests of Snip Poison Baits against Flies and Cockroaches
    蝇蟑宁毒饵对家蝇、德国小蠊的灭效观察
23. We find that the phenomenon snip bid obviously exists at the ending minutes in online auction, and the snip intensity is dissimilar in different items: the snip intensity of antique items is stronger than clothes items.
    发现网上拍卖中临近拍卖结束一刻狙击投标现象明显存在，并且狙击投标的强度因拍品种类而异，收藏类拍卖中狙击投标强度大于衣物类拍品。

snip sth↔off

1. （快速）剪去，剪掉
   to remove sth by cutting it with scissors in short quick strokes
   1. Snip a tiny hole in the paper.
      在纸上剪一个小孔。
   2. She snipped at the loose threads hanging down.
      她把垂下来的线头剪掉。

noun

1. the act of clipping or snipping

   Synonym:    clipclipping

2. a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)

   Synonym:    snippetsnipping

verb

1. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
   1. dress the plants in the garden

   Synonym:    clipcroptrimlopdressprunecut back

2. sever or remove by pinching or snipping
   1. nip off the flowers

   Synonym:    nipnip offclipsnip off