英语词汇“nab”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

nabnab /næb/ verb (nabbed, nabbing) [transitive] informal

ETYMOLOGYnab

Origin: 1600-1700 Perhaps from nap to seize (17-19 centuries), from a Scandinavian language

VERB TABLE

nab

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	nab
	he, she, it	nabs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	nabbed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have nabbed
	he, she, it	has nabbed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had nabbed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will nab
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have nabbed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am nabbing
	he, she, it	is nabbing
	you, we, they	are nabbing
Past	I, he, she, it	was nabbing
	you, we, they	were nabbing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been nabbing
	he, she, it	has been nabbing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been nabbing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be nabbing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been nabbing

1to catch someone who has done or is doing something illegal or wrong: nab somebody for (doing) something The police nabbed him for speeding.2to take someone or something quickly: She nabbed the last cookie from the jar.