Snatch



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.强夺, 攫取n. 强夺, 攫取
• ［英］ n. / v.强夺, 攫取 ( to take or grasp abruptly or hastily without permission)
• ［类］ supplant : replace / snatch : take ( 排挤是强行取代 / 攫取是强行拿走)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: snap ( 迅速的) ＋catch ( 抓) 的缩合

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English snacchen to snap, seize; akin to Middle Dutch snacken to snap at
• Date: 13th century
• intransitive verb
  • to attempt to seize something suddenly
• transitive verb
  • to take or grasp abruptly or hastily <snatch up a pen><snatched the first opportunity>; also to seize or take suddenly without permission, ceremony, or right <snatched a kiss>
• Synonyms: see take
• ? snatcher noun

II. noun

• Date: 1563
• 1.
  • a. a brief period <caught snatches of sleep>
  • b. a brief, fragmentary, or hurried part ; bit <caught snatches of the conversation>
• 2.
  • a. a snatching at or of something
  • b. slang an act or instance of kidnapping
• 3. a lift in weight lifting in which the weight is raised from the floor directly to an overhead position in a single motion — compare clean and jerk, press
• 4. usually vulgar the female pudenda

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