snippet
/ˈsnɪpɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsnɪpɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsni-pət/ (ame, mw)
snippet — noun
- snippetsingular
- snippetsplural
1. a short, often surprising bit of what is happening, said, or known, picked up fr
a short, often surprising bit of what is happening, said, or known, picked up from talk or the news
Putri shared a juicy snippet of office gossip during the coffee break.
snippet of [news/gossip] for a small piece of talk
The radio host dropped a tasty snippet about the singer's secret wedding.
Caio read out a snippet of the email so the whole team could hear.
On the bus, Sofie caught a snippet of a stranger's phone call.
Reporters chased every snippet of news leaking from the closed courtroom.
文法句型
snippet of [news/information/conversation]
用法筆記
Almost always followed by 'of' plus an uncountable noun like news, information, gossip, or conversation. Distinguish from sense 2 (index 2), which is a cut-off piece of a longer text, recording, or material.
常見錯誤
2. a small part cut or taken from something longer, such as a song, video, piece of
a small part cut or taken from something longer, such as a song, video, piece of writing, or computer code
Christopher played a short snippet of the new song before its full release.
snippet of [music] taken from a longer recording
Aoi posted a thirty-second snippet of the film on her blog.
Karim copied a useful snippet of code from the textbook into his program.
The teacher read a snippet of the poem to the class.
Asher trimmed the video down to a five-second snippet for the advert.
文法句型
snippet of [music/video/code/text]
用法筆記
Subject is usually a clip or extract pulled from a larger whole (a track, recording, document, or program). Unlike sense 1 (index 1), this piece can be seen, played, or copied, not just told.