| 单词 | snippet |
| 释义 | snippet (once / 3080 pages) n A snippet is a tiny piece. You might only have time to read a snippet of "Moby Dick" before your early English class — just enough to know it's a book about a whale. While a snippet can be a literal fragment of something, like a snippet of hair clipped off the end of your dog's tail, the word is often used to talk about less physical bits. You may get a snippet of information by watching TV news with the sound turned off, or end your writing workshop with just a snippet of an idea for your screenplay. It comes from snip, with its Low German root snippen, "to snip or shred." WORD FAMILYsnippet: snippets USAGE EXAMPLESHis coaching staff and his players need only the snippets relevant to their work. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) The short, edited snippets on some telecasts were hardly enough to satisfy his appetite for access. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Those voice snippets and transcripts, along with Alexa’s responses, are stored on Amazon’s servers. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) n a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) Syn|Hyper snip, snipping piece a separate part of a whole |
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