grab
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they grab | |
| he / she / it grabs | |
| past simple grabbed | |
| past participle grabbed | |
| -ing form grabbing |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to take or hold somebody/something with your hand suddenly or roughly 抓住；攫取 - grab somebody/something
She grabbed his arm as he got up to leave. 他起身離開時，她抓住了他的胳膊。 She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。 He grabbed hold of me and wouldn't let go. 他抓住我不鬆手。 He grabbed her around the throat and squeezed. 他抓住她的喉嚨，用力擠壓。 Someone grabbed me from behind. 有人從後面抓住我。 - grab somebody/something by something
He grabbed Tom by the collar and dragged him outside. 他抓住湯姆的衣領，把他拖到外面。 - grab something from somebody/something
Jim grabbed a cake from the plate. 吉姆從盤子裏抓了一塊蛋糕。 Don't grab—there's plenty for everyone. 别搶，多着呢，人人都有。
Extra ExamplesHe grabbed hold of a handrail to save himself from falling. 他緊緊抓住扶手以免摔倒。 Somebody tried to grab her handbag from her. 有個人想搶她的手提包。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- suddenly
- quickly
- try to
- manage to
- at
- by
- from
- …
- grab hold of something
- grab somebody/something
- [intransitive]
to try to take hold of something （試圖）抓住，奪得 - grab at something
She grabbed at the branch, missed and fell. 她抓樹枝，可沒抓着，就跌倒了。 I grabbed at his arm as he ran past. 他跑過的時候，我抓住了他的胳膊。 - grab for something
Kate grabbed for the robber's gun. 凱特拼命去奪搶劫者的槍。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- suddenly
- quickly
- try to
- manage to
- at
- by
- from
- …
- grab hold of something
- grab at something
- [transitive, intransitive]
to take advantage of an opportunity to do or have something 利用，抓住（機會） - [transitive] grab something
to have or take something quickly, especially because you are in a hurry （尤指匆忙地）取，拿，吃，喝 Let's grab a sandwich before we go. 咱們趕快吃個三明治就走吧。 I'll grab a bite to eat in town. 我去鎮上吃點東西。 Grab a cab and get over here. 叫輛出租車過來。 I managed to grab a couple of hours' sleep on the plane. 我在飛機上抓緊時間睡了幾個鐘頭。 Grab a seat, I won't keep you a moment. 趕緊找個座位吧，我不會耽誤你太多工夫。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- suddenly
- quickly
- try to
- manage to
- at
- by
- from
- …
- grab hold of something
- [transitive] grab something
to take something for yourself, especially in a selfish or greedy way （尤指自私、貪婪地）撈取，賺取，搶佔 - [transitive] grab somebody/something
to get somebody’s attention 引人注意；吸引 I'll see if I can grab the waitress and get the bill. 我要看能不能引起服務員的注意，讓她拿賬單來。 Glasgow’s drugs problem has grabbed the headlines tonight (= been published as an important story in the newspapers). 格拉斯哥的毒品問題成了今晚報紙的頭條新聞。 The play grabs the audience’s attention from the very start. 這出戲從一開始就吸引了觀衆的注意力。
- [transitive] grab something
to take a picture from a television or video film, or from a computer screen, and store it as an image on a computer 抓取（或截獲、采集）的圖像 You can use this keyboard shortcut to grab part of the screen. 您可以使用此鍵盤快捷鍵來抓取部分屏幕。
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Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch grabben; perhaps related to grip, gripe, and grope.