英 [ˈsnɪpɪŋ] 美 [ˈsnɪpɪŋ]
n. 碎片
v. 剪去；删节；削减（snip 的 ing 形式）
snip /snɪp/ [ snipping snipped snips ]
及物动词/不及物动词 If you snip something, or if you snip at or through something, you cut it quickly using sharp scissors. 快速剪
He has now begun to snip away at the piece of paper.
他现在已开始快速剪那张纸。
敌蝇威
剪断
With every decision, you're snipping away the choice you don't want.
每做一个决定，你都会抛弃你所不要的选择。
True: Snipping cuticles puts you at risk for painful hangnails or, even worse, infections.
真相：修剪死皮会有长倒刺的风险，很痛苦，或者更糟，会传染疾病。
Among her other eyespot studies, snipping 20 feather tips out of males' trains ruined courtship success.
在她的另一项有关眼斑的研究中，毁掉雄性孔雀的20只羽毛也就毁掉了求偶成功的可能性。
Next to that are a pair of gardening gloves and two kitchen shears for snipping stalks.
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This painstaking, largely unsung work of snipping out defunct bits of legislation, and improving the rest, was probably his greatest achievement.
It's not outside the realm of possibility, but she'll have to confront the skeptics who are snipping at the heels of Sen.
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