snatch
抢夺,攫取,抢走了,抢走
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Definitions
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- : to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab.
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- : to seize by a sudden or hasty grasp: He snatched the old lady's purse and ran.
- : to take, get, secure, etc., suddenly or hastily.
- : to rescue or save by prompt action: He snatched the baby from the fire.
- : Slang. to kidnap.
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- : the act or an instance of snatching.
- : a sudden motion to seize something; grab: He made a snatch as if to stop her.
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Examples
“Both of y’all know, I’ve been collecting my little surgeons for that inevitable moment…that this grill right here is gonna get a little snatch, even though people think I have done it already, but I haven’t,” she told her mother and daughter.
Then, intermittently, traffic controllers were able to pick up snatches of conversation from AA-11′s cockpit.
It's not fun to conduct a hazardous snatch of an insurgent leader, only to find you grabbed the wrong guy.
In another change since his transit days, crooks now snatch cellphones, not gold chains.
It is easy for an unscrupulous individual to pose as an underground banker, snatch up several large deposits, then cut and run.
The company reported $2.4 billion in annual sales and could snatch a valuation as high as $5 billion.
Guests snatch up the eccentric-looking drinks that line the bar as they wander around before the performance.
Keep a starving man away from bread when he has only to stretch out his hand and snatch it.
You snatch me out of the cold cloister, but, in the bustling, ardent world you condemn me to the conventional chastity?
Jack Harvey had sent young Tim into the cabin to snatch a wink of sleep, and Joe had come up, heavy and dull.
Then, as the insect tumbled near her, she made a quick snatch at the glowing point of fire.