A snippet is a small piece cut out of something bigger. Most often it is a piece of language: a snippet of news, a snippet of information, a snippet of conversation you heard while walking past.

A snippeta snippetis是a small piece一小塊cut out of從...剪下來的something bigger一個更大的東西。Most often最常見的情況it is它是a piece of language一小段語言: a snippet of news一則新聞片段, a snippet of information一小則資訊, a snippet of conversation一段對話片段you heard while walking past你走過時聽到的。

Two feelings come with it. It is short — a line or two, a few seconds, not a whole story. And it is incomplete — you got a corner of something, and the rest is missing, which is why snippets are often interesting but not enough.

Two feelings兩種感覺come with it跟著這個字一起出現。It is它是shortshort（短的）— a line or two, a few seconds——一兩句話、幾秒鐘, not而不是a whole story一整個故事。And而且it is它是incomplete不完整的— you got——你拿到的只是a corner of something某樣東西的一角, and而the rest其餘的部分is missing不見了, which is why這就是為什麼snippetssnippets(片段)are often常常interesting but not enough有趣卻不夠。

That is why the word sits so well with overhearing: snippets of conversation drifting from the next table.

That is why這就是為什麼the word這個字sits so well with跟...搭配得那麼好overhearing偷聽到的情境: snippets of conversation一段段對話片段drifting from從...飄過來的the next table隔壁桌。

It also works for a short piece of music, film, or writing quoted from a longer work, and in the computer world a snippet is a small block of code you copy and reuse — a use your students will meet online very often.

It also works for它也可以用在a short piece of music, film, or writing一小段音樂、影片，或文字quoted from引用自a longer work一部更長的作品, and而且in the computer world在電腦的世界裡a snippeta snippetisisa small block of code一小段程式碼you copy and reuse你複製起來重複使用的— a use——這種用法your students will meet你的學生會遇到online very often在網路上非常常見。

The pattern is almost always a snippet of X, or snippets in the plural when little pieces arrive one at a time. It is a friendly, everyday word, neither formal nor slang.

The pattern這個句型is almost always幾乎總是a snippet of Xa snippet of X, or或snippetssnippetsin the plural用複數when little pieces當一小片一小片的東西arrive one at a time一次一個出現的時候。It is它是a friendly, everyday word一個親切的日常用詞, neither既不是formal正式的nor也不是slang俚語。