snippet

/ˈsnɪpɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsnɪpɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsni-pət/ (ame, mw)

snippet — 名詞

  • snippetsingular
  • snippetsplural

1. a short, often surprising bit of what is happening, said, or known, picked up fr

1.名詞B2
釋義

片段消息

聽到或讀到的一小段新聞或八卦

a short, often surprising bit of what is happening, said, or known, picked up from talk or the news

例句

Putri shared a juicy snippet of office gossip during the coffee break.

Putri 在喝咖啡休息時分享了一則勁爆的辦公室八卦片段。

snippet of [news/gossip] for a small piece of talk

The radio host dropped a tasty snippet about the singer's secret wedding.

電台主持人透露了一則關於那位歌手祕密婚禮的勁爆消息。

同義詞
  • tidbit

    informal; a small but appealing piece of news or food

  • morsel

    stresses how small and tempting the piece is

  • scrap

    plainer; can sound like a worthless leftover bit

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

❌She told me a snippet news.
✅She told me a snippet of news.
💡this sense needs 'of' before the thing it refers to.

2. a small part cut or taken from something longer, such as a song, video, piece of

2.名詞B2
釋義

片段；節選

從較長作品中截取的一小部分

a small part cut or taken from something longer, such as a song, video, piece of writing, or computer code

例句

Christopher played a short snippet of the new song before its full release.

Christopher 在新歌正式發行前播放了一小段試聽片段。

snippet of [music] taken from a longer recording

Aoi posted a thirty-second snippet of the film on her blog.

Aoi 在她的部落格上貼了一段三十秒的電影片段。

同義詞
  • excerpt

    more formal; a chosen passage from a text or performance

  • clip

    specifically a short piece of video or audio

  • extract

    formal; a passage taken from a written or recorded work

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.