snatch的意思|snatch的解释-里氏词典

Snatch \Snatch\, v. i.
To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often
with at; as, to snatch at a rope.

Snatch \Snatch\, n.
1. A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or
attempt to seize, suddenly.

2. A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding
after a shower. --Tusser.

They move by fits and snatches. --Bp. Wilkins.

3. A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a
scrap.

We have often little snatches of sunshine.
--Spectator.

Leave me your snatches, and yield me a direct
answer. --Shak.

Snatch \Snatch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snatched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Snatching}.] [OE. snachen, snechen; akin to D. snakken to
gasp, to long (for), to desire. Cf. {Snack}, n., {Sneck}.]
1. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission
or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.

When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.
--Pope.

2. To seize and transport away; to rap. ``Snatch me to
heaven.'' --Thomson.

Syn: To twitch; pluck; grab; catch; grasp; gripe.

As he told me after the race, "It's not if you win or lose, it's how you snatch the flag."
Many factory owners have to come to brokerage houses to snatch their employees back to work," Su San-ho, a stock manager at the Well Phones Securities Co. in the port city of Kaohsiung, 216 miles south of Taipei, said during a recent interview.
More than a million visitors have watched ospreys through binoculars as they snatch fish on the Scottish loch and tend their young.
As part of his maneuverings, he sold his 30 percent stake in House of Fraser to the Al-Fayeds, believing them to be unlikely competitors, only to see the Egyptians use the stake to snatch the prize from his grasp.
"Any time you see something that should generate earnings momentum, they snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Next to the woman, a dog barks at an eagle that has just swooped down to snatch a dead, bleeding chicken in its claws.
At a crucial moment in the final scene on Saturday night, the greedy giant Fafner reaches to snatch the ring from a pile of treasure.
Although Lloyd's has taken steps to make up lost ground over the past two years, younger insurance companies around the world have taken the chance to snatch some of Lloyd's traditional specialised markets.
The moves came as First Boston's competitors, including Morgan Stanley & Co., began attempts to hire away some of the firm's most talented investment bankers and to snatch its clients.
"I don't know that the United States would send marshals, armed guards or troops to snatch him from Panama," Sonnett said.
Stock buy-back programs are being launched or extended by many companies that hope to snatch their own shares at bargain prices.
They can snatch up a newborn calf quicker than a hungry bear emerging from his winter hibernation.
They go for several thousand dollars in Europe and America, but Japanese drivers snatch them up at as much as $20,000 apiece.
A snatch of conversation overheard on the radio led her to rework the lyrics for "Jumps," a song she wrote 12 years ago.
I am determined that this time we shall not snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.' Sir Bryan highlighted sustainable non-inflationary growth as one of the three main priorities during his two-year term.
In April, former Undersecretary of Defense Fred Ikle predicted on this page that Saddam would resist U.N. interference with his internal affairs to snatch a political victory from military defeat.
Thousands of people lined up Saturday in sleet and snow to snatch their savings from the first thrift in New Jersey since 1969 ordered to return deposits.
Mr Gallagher said: 'The performance was good enough to raise speculation that, as in the UK, the governing party could snatch victory at the last moment in the general election.'

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