- [countable] an act of cutting something with scissors; the sound that this makes剪；剪東西的咔嚓聲
- Make a series of small snips along the edge of the fabric.順着布邊細碎地剪。
- 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（剪金屬用的）平頭剪 a snip
[singular] (British English, informal) a thing that is cheap and good value價廉物美的東西；便宜貨 synonym bargain- It's a snip at only £25.這個只賣 25 英鎊，真是便宜。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘a shred’): from Low German snip ‘small piece’, of imitative origin.