- [countable] an act of cutting something with scissors; the sound that this makes剪；剪东西的咔嚓声
- Make a series of small snips along the edge of the fabric.顺着布边细碎地剪。
- Snip, snip, went the scissors.剪刀咔嚓咔嚓地剪着。
snips
[plural] a tool like large scissors, used for cutting metal（剪金属用的）平头剪 a snip
[singular] (British English, informal) a thing that is cheap and good value价廉物美的东西；便宜货 synonym bargain- It's a snip at only £25.这个只卖 25 英镑，真是便宜。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘a shred’): from Low German snip ‘small piece’, of imitative origin.