Snatch
[snætʃ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion.
(noun.) a small fragment; 'overheard snatches of their conversation'.
(verb.) to make grasping motions; 'the cat snatched at the butterflies'.
(verb.) to grasp hastily or eagerly; 'Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone'.
沙琳編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.
(n.) To seize and transport away; to rap.
(v. i.) To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.
(n.) A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.
(n.) A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower.
(n.) A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.
(n.) The handle of a scythe; a snead.
欧内斯特整理
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Grasp, clutch, gripe, wring, wrest, twitch, pluck, NAB, seize suddenly.
n. [1]. Bit, fragment, portion, small part.[2]. Catch, short effort.
錄入:米歇尔
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Twitch, pluck, pull, catch, grasp, gripe, clutch
ANT:Unclutch, restore, unhand, release
希尔达整理
解釋/意思:
v.t. to seize quickly: to take without permission: to seize and carry away.—v.i. to try to seize hastily.—n. a hasty catching or seizing: a short time of exertion: a small piece or fragment: a catching of the voice: a hasty snack of food: a quibble.—ns. Snatch′-block a kind of pulley-block having an opening in the side to receive the bight of a rope; Snatch′er one who snatches.—adv. Snatch′ingly.—adj. Snatch′y irregular.
阿维斯整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Becky was singing a snatch of the song of the night before; a hoarse voice shouted Brava! 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- And the only way he could get to know anatomy as he did, was by going to snatch bodies at night, from graveyards and places of execution. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Then you snatch love and innocence from me? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I had now got hold of Bessie's hand, and she did not snatch it from me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Like a strange snatch of heavenly music, heard in the lull of a tempest, this burst of feeling made a moment's blank pause. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Shirley, never sorry to snatch a reprieve from their society, had remained behind, detained by business, as she said. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He had several cots placed in the adjoining building, and he and a few of his most strenuous assistants worked day and night, leaving the work only for hurried meals and a snatch of sleep. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He snatched his cap, and away for the wood. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- This idea pursued me, and tormented me at every moment from which I might otherwise have snatched repose and peace. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Some of his men had snatched a flag from the parapet of the fort, and others had taken a horse from the inside of the stockade. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Mr. Franklin snatched a morsel from the luncheon-table, and rode off to Frizinghall--to escort his cousins, as he told my lady. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He snatched it from her in his eagerness, and smoothing it out upon the table he drew over the lamp and examined it intently. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- They crossed the Bosphorus and captured Nic?a, which Alexius snatched away from them before they could loot it. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Neither baronet, nor duke, nor prince should have snatched my sweetheart from me without a struggle. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The horse was snatching grass, swinging his head sideways as he pulled, annoyed by the man and his talking. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Snatching up his long-sword, I sprang into the arena. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- There's a good deal of money made in snatching their bags and parcels, and running round the corner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- This door was open; a light shone out of the room within: I heard thence a snarling, snatching sound, almost like a dog quarrelling. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Sikes, snatching it from him, hastily opened it; and proceeded to count the sovereigns it contained. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- He seizes her, and she, snatching up the nearest object, which happens to be this knife, strikes at him in order to make him let go his hold. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- But while Napoleon was busy with his American adventure, Prussia and Italy were snatching victory over the Austrians (1866). 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Scornfully she snatches the dagger out of Aegisthus's hand and advances to the bed. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The uprising of the star of day was hailed by triumphant strains, while the birds, heard by snatches, filled up the intervals of the music. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- It was a spring day, chill, with snatches of sunshine. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I often glanced at it, for she sat in the window all the time we were at work; and made our breakfast, which we took by snatches as we were employed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Loerke would go toboganning or skating, in little snatches, but he was indifferent. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I wish I knew Greek, said Maurice, as the Count paused for a moment; those snatches of song sound so beautiful. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Snatches of sweet ballads haunted her ear; now and then she sang a stanza. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
整理:弗娜