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

verb | noun

snatchsnatch1 /snætʃ/ ●●○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYsnatch¹

Origin: 1100-1200 Perhaps from Middle Dutch snacken; ➔ SNACK²

VERB TABLE

snatch

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	snatch
	he, she, it	snatches
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	snatched
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have snatched
	he, she, it	has snatched
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had snatched
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will snatch
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have snatched

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

1to take something away from someone with a quick violent movement SYN grab: Lewis rudely snatched the letter.snatch something away/up/back etc. Kari tried to snatch the phone away.2to take someone or something away from a place by force: The child was snatched as he played outside the house.3to steal something quickly, when you have an opportunity, especially by taking it in your hands suddenly: Someone snatched her purse.4to quickly take the opportunity to do something when you do not have much time: He tried to snatch a few hours’ sleep.snatch at something phrasal verb to quickly put out your hand to try to take or hold something SYN grab atsnatch something ↔ up phrasal verb to eagerly buy or take something because it is cheap or because you want it very much SYN snap up