fetch
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they fetch | |
| he / she / it fetches | |
| past simple fetched | |
| past participle fetched | |
| -ing form fetching |
- (especially British English)
to go to where somebody/something is and bring them/it back （去）拿來；（去）請來 - fetch somebody/something
to fetch help/a doctor 去請人幫忙；去請醫生 The inhabitants have to walk a mile to fetch water. 居民得走一英裏路去取水。 She's gone to fetch the kids from school. 她去學校接孩子了。 - fetch somebody something
Could you fetch me my bag? 你能幫我去取我的包嗎？
Extra ExamplesCould you fetch my bag for me? 你能幫我拿一下包嗎？ He fetched a couple of towels from the bathroom. 他從浴室拿來了幾條毛巾。 He ran to fetch help. 他跑去請人幫忙。
- fetch somebody/something
- fetch something
to be sold for a particular price 售得，賣得（某價）
Word OriginOld English fecc(e)an, variant of fetian, probably related to fatian ‘grasp’, of Germanic origin and related to German fassen.
Idioms
fetch and carry (for somebody)
to do a lot of little jobs for somebody as if you were their servant （爲某人）打雜，當聽差，跑腿 Most of her day was spent fetching and carrying for her family. 她一天的大部分時間都用來爲家人取東西和搬運東西。 She expected him to do all the fetching and carrying. 她希望他做所有的搬運工作。