snatch
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(try to) seize (sth/sb) quickly and sometimes rudely; grab (设法)迅速地或粗鲁地抓住(某物[某人]); 抢
It's rude to snatch. 你争我夺是粗鲁的行为.
She snatched the letter from me/out of my hand. 她从我这里[从我手中]把信抢走了.
The baby had been snatched from its pram. 那婴儿被人从婴儿车中劫走了.
He snatched up his gun and fired. 他迅速拿起枪来射出.
2 [Tn] take or get (sth) quickly, esp when a chance to do so occurs 迅速抓住(某物)(尤指机会)
snatch an hour's sleep 偷空儿睡一小时觉
snatch a meal between jobs 趁工作间歇时吃饭. snatch, n
1 [sing] sudden attempt to seize (sth) quickly 抓; 抢; 夺
make a snatch at sth 抢夺某物.
2 [C esp pl 尤作复数]
short part or period; brief extract 片刻; 片段
work in snatches, ie not continuously 断断续续地工作
short snatches of song 歌的片段
overhear snatches of conversation 偶尔听到谈话的只言片语.
So I don't think she's left the college. And her papers and books are all over the desk.
所以我认为她还在学校。而且她的作业和课本都放在桌子上。
A few days later about 140 black people were taken and put on a tall sailing ship waiting off the coast.
几天以后,大约140名黑人被带到一艘停靠在海岸边的大帆船上。
The death of Gandhi gave India a chance to mourn and express how he had become father to all Indians. Millions watched the slow march that took his body through the capital.