0 to cut something with scissors, usually with small, quick cuts:
1 a quick, short cut with scissors:
Give it a snip with the scissors.
2 a product that is being sold cheaply, for less than you would expect:
The sunglasses are now available in major stores, a snip at £12 a pair.
3 to cut something, usually with a few quick actions using scissors (= cutting device with two blades) or a similar device:
All negative skin snips were re-examined after 24 h incubation in physiological serum.
Sensitivity of skin snips in the diagnosis of onchocerciasis.
Reliability of detection of microfilariae in skin snips in the diagnosis of onchocerciasis.
Parasitological diagnosis of onchocerciasis : comparisons of incubation media and incubation times for skin snips.
Snipping is not a common feature of our debates, and opportunities such as this are all too rare.
There is the famous case of the tidy-minded sheriff who snipped off a small piece of rope so that the knot slipped.
Bits are being snipped out and other bits are being stitched in.
He was often seen ceremoniously snipping the last raisin in half.
中文繁体
剪,剪斷, 剪切, 便宜貨…
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剪,剪断, 剪切, 便宜货…
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tijeretazo, recortar…
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recorte, aparada, aparar…
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(はさみで)ちょきんと切ること, (はさみで)~をちょきんと切る…
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makasla kesmek, kırpmak, makasla kesilmiş parça…
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(dé)couper à petits coups de ciseaux, couper (à coups de ciseaux), petit coup de ciseaux…
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tisorada, retallar…
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