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snatch

/snach/US // snætʃ //UK // (snætʃ) //

抢夺,攫取,抢走了,抢走

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to seize by a sudden or hasty grasp: He snatched the old lady's purse and ran.
    • : to take, get, secure, etc., suddenly or hastily.
    • : to rescue or save by prompt action: He snatched the baby from the fire.
    • : Slang. to kidnap.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or an instance of snatching.
    • : a sudden motion to seize something; grab: He made a snatch as if to stop her.
    • : a bit, scrap, or fragment of something: snatches of conversation.
    • : a brief spell of effort, activity, or any experience: to work in snatches.
    • : Nautical. a sheave or projecting member serving as a fairlead.
    • : a brief period of time.
    • : Slang. an act of kidnapping.
    • : Slang: Vulgar. vulva; vagina.
    • : Weightlifting. a lift in which the barbell is brought in a single motion from the floor to an arms-extended position overhead.

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Examples

  • “Both of y’all know, I’ve been collecting my little surgeons for that inevitable moment…that this grill right here is gonna get a little snatch, even though people think I have done it already, but I haven’t,” she told her mother and daughter.

  • Then, intermittently, traffic controllers were able to pick up snatches of conversation from AA-11′s cockpit.

  • It's not fun to conduct a hazardous snatch of an insurgent leader, only to find you grabbed the wrong guy.

  • In another change since his transit days, crooks now snatch cellphones, not gold chains.

  • It is easy for an unscrupulous individual to pose as an underground banker, snatch up several large deposits, then cut and run.

  • The company reported $2.4 billion in annual sales and could snatch a valuation as high as $5 billion.

  • Guests snatch up the eccentric-looking drinks that line the bar as they wander around before the performance.

  • Keep a starving man away from bread when he has only to stretch out his hand and snatch it.

  • You snatch me out of the cold cloister, but, in the bustling, ardent world you condemn me to the conventional chastity?

  • Jack Harvey had sent young Tim into the cabin to snatch a wink of sleep, and Joe had come up, heavy and dull.

  • Then, as the insect tumbled near her, she made a quick snatch at the glowing point of fire.

  • They were the real enemies of my children; they sought to snatch the crown; I saw them daily at work and they wore me out.

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