snipping

基本解释

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。
THE genetic equivalent of a tailor who uses molecular "fingers" to grab onto DNA, before snipping it apart and stitching in a new sequence could lead to safer gene therapies.
遗传就像一位“裁缝”，用像“手指”一样的分子先抓住DNA，把它剪开后再缝合成一个新DNA链。这有可能是较为安全的基因疗法。
One approach for locating and snipping DNA strands involves "zinc fingers" - proteins that bind to DNA and can be linked together to recognise extended stretches of DNA with very high specificity.
一种定位和剪开基因链的方法叫做“锌指”——由基因链组成的蛋白质，它可以通过高特异性辨识到DNA的“接头”，并和DNA相互连接起来。

This painstaking, largely unsung work of snipping out defunct bits of legislation, and improving the rest, was probably his greatest achievement.
ECONOMIST: Obituary: Lord Scarman The
He said it was difficult to compare experiences and chooses to concentrate on his happy players, snipping away at basketball nets to take back to campus.
NPR: Liberty, With 15-20 Record, Earns NCAA Berth

If you snip something, or if you snip at or through something, you cut it quickly using sharp scissors.