Snatch

(noun.) a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion.

(noun.) a small fragment; 'overheard snatches of their conversation'.

(verb.) to make grasping motions; 'the cat snatched at the butterflies'.

(verb.) to grasp hastily or eagerly; 'Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone'.

沙琳编辑

• Becky was singing a snatch of the song of the night before; a hoarse voice shouted Brava! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• And the only way he could get to know anatomy as he did, was by going to snatch bodies at night, from graveyards and places of execution. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Then you snatch love and innocence from me? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I had now got hold of Bessie's hand, and she did not snatch it from me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Like a strange snatch of heavenly music, heard in the lull of a tempest, this burst of feeling made a moment's blank pause. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Shirley, never sorry to snatch a reprieve from their society, had remained behind, detained by business, as she said. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He had several cots placed in the adjoining building, and he and a few of his most strenuous assistants worked day and night, leaving the work only for hurried meals and a snatch of sleep. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He snatched his cap, and away for the wood. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This idea pursued me, and tormented me at every moment from which I might otherwise have snatched repose and peace. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Some of his men had snatched a flag from the parapet of the fort, and others had taken a horse from the inside of the stockade. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Mr. Franklin snatched a morsel from the luncheon-table, and rode off to Frizinghall--to escort his cousins, as he told my lady. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He snatched it from her in his eagerness, and smoothing it out upon the table he drew over the lamp and examined it intently. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• They crossed the Bosphorus and captured Nic?a, which Alexius snatched away from them before they could loot it. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Neither baronet, nor duke, nor prince should have snatched my sweetheart from me without a struggle. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The horse was snatching grass, swinging his head sideways as he pulled, annoyed by the man and his talking. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Snatching up his long-sword, I sprang into the arena. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• There's a good deal of money made in snatching their bags and parcels, and running round the corner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• This door was open; a light shone out of the room within: I heard thence a snarling, snatching sound, almost like a dog quarrelling. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Sikes, snatching it from him, hastily opened it; and proceeded to count the sovereigns it contained. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• He seizes her, and she, snatching up the nearest object, which happens to be this knife, strikes at him in order to make him let go his hold. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• But while Napoleon was busy with his American adventure, Prussia and Italy were snatching victory over the Austrians (1866). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Scornfully she snatches the dagger out of Aegisthus's hand and advances to the bed. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The uprising of the star of day was hailed by triumphant strains, while the birds, heard by snatches, filled up the intervals of the music. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• It was a spring day, chill, with snatches of sunshine. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I often glanced at it, for she sat in the window all the time we were at work; and made our breakfast, which we took by snatches as we were employed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Loerke would go toboganning or skating, in little snatches, but he was indifferent. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I wish I knew Greek, said Maurice, as the Count paused for a moment; those snatches of song sound so beautiful. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Snatches of sweet ballads haunted her ear; now and then she sang a stanza. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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