snatch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A quick grab or catch.
    — The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.
  2. A short period.
    — At the end we preferred to travel all night, Sleeping in snatches,
  3. A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
  4. A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
    — I heard a snatch of Mozart as I passed the open window.
  5. The vulva. slang,vulgar
    — Claude, is it true what they say about Olovia? Of course she’s getting a little old for us—what about Marilyum, did you try her snatch?
  6. Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
    — If, after the pilot notices the overspeed, he deploys the spoilers, or if aileron "snatch" rolls the airplane to an excessive bank angle, it may become impossible to recover.
  7. A brief period of exertion. dated
  8. A catching of the voice. dated
  9. A hasty snack; a bite to eat. dated
  10. A quibble. dated
动词 v.
  1. To grasp and remove quickly. transitive
    — He snatched up the phone.
  2. To attempt to seize something suddenly. intransitive
    — to snatch at a rope
  3. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony. transitive
    — to snatch a kiss
  4. To steal. informal,transitive
    — Someone has just snatched my purse!
  5. To take (a victory) at the last moment. broadly,figuratively,informal,transitive
    — But, with United fans in celebratory mood as it appeared their team might snatch glory, they faced an anxious wait as City equalised in stoppage time.
  6. To do something quickly in the limited time available. informal,transitive
    — He snatched a sandwich before catching the train.

词形变化

snatches present,singular,third-person snatching participle,present snatched participle,past snatched past snatches plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English snacchen, snecchen (“to snap; seize”), from Old English *snæċċan, *sneċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *snakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *snakjaną (“to whiff, sniff, catch wind of; to taste-test, nibble”), related to Proto-Germanic *snakōną (“to breathe, blow, sigh”) and *snakkōną (“to blather, jabber, chatter”).
Cognate with Middle Dutch snacken (“to snap [of a dog]”), Norwegian Nynorsk snaka (“to snatch [of animals]”). Related also to Dutch snakken (“to sob, pant, long for”), Low German snacken (“to chatter”), German schnacken (“to chat”), Danish snakke (“to chat”) and Norwegian snakke (“to chat”). Related to snack.
词源 2
From Middle English snacchen, snecchen (“to snap; seize”), from Old English *snæċċan, *sneċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *snakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *snakjaną (“to whiff, sniff, catch wind of; to taste-test, nibble”), related to Proto-Germanic *snakōną (“to breathe, blow, sigh”) and *snakkōną (“to blather, jabber, chatter”).
Cognate with Middle Dutch snacken (“to snap [of a dog]”), Norwegian Nynorsk snaka (“to snatch [of animals]”). Related also to Dutch snakken (“to sob, pant, long for”), Low German snacken (“to chatter”), German schnacken (“to chat”), Danish snakke (“to chat”) and Norwegian snakke (“to chat”). Related to snack.
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