snip
英 [snɪp]
美 [snɪp]
英語の語源
- snip (n.)
- 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.
例文
- 1. The beautifully made briefcase is a snip at ￡74.25.
- この細工の美しいブリーフケースの価格は74.25ポンドで、安くて良いと言えます。
- 2.I sit down，thread a needle， snip off an old button.
- 私は座って、針を着て、古いボタンを切ります。
- 3. Snip a tiny hole in the paper.
- 紙に小さな穴を切ります。
- 4.He has now begun to snip away at the piece of paper.
- 今、彼はこの紙を切り始めた。
- 5.There 's a snip in this cloth.
- この布には切り欠きがある。
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