nab

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The summit of a hill.
    — At Clayton point and other nabs to the south of Scarborough.
  2. The cock of a gunlock.
    — The Toe, or Nab of the Bolt, which rises[…]above the Straight on the Top of the Bolt: The Office of this Nab, is to receive the Bottom of the Bit of the Key, when in turning it about, it shoots the Bolt backward or forwards.
  3. The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
    — the Bottom of the Bit may fall almost to the Bottom of the Nab , and shoot the Bolt back
动词 v.
  1. To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive). informal,transitive
    — As I was going out of the door, a fellow detective came hurriedly in. "Nabbed them," cried he.
  2. To grab or snatch something. informal,transitive
  3. To steal or copy another user's post. Internet,transitive

词形变化

nabs present,singular,third-person nabbing participle,present nabbed participle,past nabbed past knab alternative nabs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
hab or nab kidnap nabber nabman nab the rust tabnabbing unnabbed

词源

词源 1
From dialectal nap (“to seize, lay hold of”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”).
Related to Danish nappe (“to tweak, snatch at, catch, seize”), Swedish nappa (“to take, grab, pinch”), Norwegian Bokmål nappe (“to grab, snatch, pluck, yank”).
词源 2
Compare knap, knop, knob.
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