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Fetch Fetʃ Verb   [V N Fetched Sold Painting

Fetch means to go and get something or someone and bring them back, or to be sold for a certain price. The phrase "fetch and carry" refers to doing menial tasks, and "fetch up" means to arrive somewhere unexpectedly.

Fetch is a verb meaning to go and get something or someone and bring them back, or to be sold for a particular price. It can also be used in the phrase "fetch and carry" to mean doing simple or boring tasks for someone, and as a phrasal verb "fetch up," meaning to arrive somewhere unexpectedly.

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[VERB 动词]去拿;去取;去接 If you fetch something or someone, you go and get them from the place where they are.
  [V n]
  [V n n]
  [V n for n]
  • Sylvia fetched a towel from the bathroom...

    西尔维娅去卫生间拿了一条毛巾。

  • Fetch me a glass of water...

    去给我拿杯水来。

  • The caddie ran over to fetch something for him.

    球童跑过去给他拿东西。

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[VERB 动词]卖得;售得 If something fetches a particular sum of money, it is sold for that amount.
  [V n]
  • The painting is expected to fetch between two and three million pounds.

    预计这幅画将售得两三百万英镑。

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far-fetched
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    [PHRASE 短语]做零活;干杂务;当听差 If you fetch and carry, you perform simple, often boring tasks for someone, such as collecting and carrying things for them.
      [Vs inflect]
    • I helped out in the tents fetching and carrying.

      我在帐篷里帮忙打杂。

    相关词组:
    fetch up

    Oxford fetch / fetʃ ; NAmE fetʃ / verb 1 ( especially BrE) to go to where sb/sth is and bring them/it back (去)拿来;(去)请来 fetchsb/sth to fetch help / a doctor 去请人帮助;去请医生 The inhabitants have to walk a mile to fetch water. 居民得走一英里路去取水。 She's gone to fetch the kids from school. 她去学校接孩子了。 fetchsb sth Could you fetch me my bag? 你能帮我去取我的包吗? 2 fetchsth to be sold for a particular price 售得,卖得(某价) SYN
    sell for
    The painting is expected to fetch $10 000 at auction. 这幅画预计拍卖可得 10 000 元。
    IDIOM fetch and ˈcarry (for sb) to do a lot of little jobs for sb as if you were their servant (为某人)打杂,当听差,跑腿 PHRASAL VERB ˌfetch ˈup ( informal) ( especially BrE) to arrive somewhere without planning to 偶然来到;意外到达 And then, a few years later, he somehow fetched up in Rome. 后来,过了几年,他不知怎么到了罗马。 fetch fetches fetched fetching
    fetch / fetʃ ; NAmE fetʃ /
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    fetch1 verb
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    fetchfetch1 /fetʃ/ ●●● S3 verb [transitive]
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    1especially British English to go and get something or someone and bring them back:  Quick! Go and fetch a doctor. Shannon went upstairs to fetch some blankets.fetch somebody/something from something Would you mind going to fetch the kids from school?fetch somebody something/fetch something for somebody Fetch me some coffee while you’re up.2to be sold for a particular amount of money, especially at a public sale – used especially in news reports:  The painting is expected to fetch at least $20 million. see thesaurus at
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    3fetch and carry to do simple and boring jobs for someone as if you were their servant:  Am I supposed to fetch and carry for him all day?4British English to make people react in a particular way:  This announcement fetched a huge cheer from the audience.fetch up phrasal verb British English informal [always + adverb/preposition] to arrive somewhere without intending to SYN  end up:  I fell asleep on the train and fetched up in Glasgow.
    fetch1 verb
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    play fetch if you play fetch with a dog, you throw something for the dog to bring back to you
    WDF

    fetch

    [fetʃ]fetched, fetching, fetches

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    fetched[767] fetching[1073]
    取来(56%),卖得(25%),取得(19%)
    n.取得;诡计
    vt.取来;接来;到达;吸引
    vi.拿;取物;卖得

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