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.
权威例句
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.