snatch
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(try to) seize (sth/sb) quickly and sometimes rudely; grab (設(shè)法)迅速地或粗魯?shù)刈プ。澄颷某人]); 搶
It's rude to snatch. 你爭我奪是粗魯?shù)男袨?
She snatched the letter from me/out of my hand. 她從我這里[從我手中]把信搶走了.
The baby had been snatched from its pram. 那嬰兒被人從嬰兒車中劫走了.
He snatched up his gun and fired. 他迅速拿起槍來射出.
2 [Tn] take or get (sth) quickly, esp when a chance to do so occurs 迅速抓住(某物)(尤指機會)
snatch an hour's sleep 偷空兒睡一小時覺
snatch a meal between jobs 趁工作間歇時吃飯. snatch, n
1 [sing] sudden attempt to seize (sth) quickly 抓; 搶; 奪
make a snatch at sth 搶奪某物.
2 [C esp pl 尤作復(fù)數(shù)]
short part or period; brief extract 片刻; 片段
work in snatches, ie not continuously 斷斷續(xù)續(xù)地工作
short snatches of song 歌的片段
overhear snatches of conversation 偶爾聽到談話的只言片語.
In a few days I was learning and enjoying it like any child.
幾天之后,我像一個孩子那樣學(xué)習(xí)起來--而且學(xué)得很開心。
For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.