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Snatch Sense Replace Meaning Sudden Weight Lifting 1580s Early

单词 snatch
音标 [snætʃ]
解释 n./v.强夺,攫取
红宝书 【英】 n./v.强夺,攫取(to take or grasp abruptly or hastily without permission)
【考】 supplant : replace / snatch : take(排挤是强行取代/攫 取是强行拿走)
【记】 分割记忆:snap(迅速 的)+catch(抓)的缩合
【例】 The thief snatched her handbag and ran off.
字源 snatch (n.)
c.1300, "a trap, snare," from snatch (v.). Meaning "a sudden grab" is from 1570s; that of "a small amount" is from 1590s. Sense in weight-lifting is from 1928. Vulgar slang sense of "vulva" is recorded from 1903; a much older venereal sense was "sexual intercourse quickly performed" (1580s).
snatch (v.)
early 13c., "make a sudden snap or bite" (at something), of uncertain origin; perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *snæccan or Middle Dutch snacken "to snatch, chatter." Compare snack (n.). Meaning "lay hold of suddenly" is from early 14c.; especially "take from someone's hands" (1580s). Weight-lifting sense is attested from 1928. Related: Snatched; snatching.
不择手段背单词 v. (迅速地、急切地、突然地)强夺, 攫取
【记】snap(v 突然折断; 猛咬), catch抓: 猛抓-强夺, 攫取
【区】snitch(n 告密者; 告发者; v 偷)
【类】supplant: replace = snatch: take排挤是强行取代 = 攫取是强行拿走
趣味全助记 【记】snap猛然 + catch捕捉;音:撕拿扯,撕着拿走一扯;音:撕拿 + catch

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