Grabnoun/ɡɹæb/

• 1

  informalA taxi ride booked through the Grab app.

  • I will take a Grab back home. ("I will book a taxi ride from Grab to return home.")

grabverb詞源 1/ˈɡɹæb/

• 1

  To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.

  • I grabbed her hand to pull her back from the cliff edge.
  • Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.
• 2

  To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).

  • The suspect suddenly broke free and grabbed at the policeman's gun.
  • Stop grabbing or I won't give you any cookies.
• 3

  To restrain someone; to arrest.

• 4

  To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.

  • How does that idea grab you?
  • Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me Today I need something more substantial
• 5

  informalTo quickly collect, retrieve, or take.

  • Come in and grab a seat [i.e. sit down].
  • "I'll just grab my jacket," said Manh-Hung.
• 6

  informalTo consume something quickly.

  • We'll just grab a sandwich and then we'll be on our way.
  • Is there time to grab a coffee?
• 7

  To take the opportunity of.

  • Both teams wasted good opportunities to score but it was the London side who did grab what proved to be the decisive third when the unmarked Vaz Te, a January signing from Barnsley, drilled the ball into the net from 12 yards.

grabnoun詞源 1/ˈɡɹæb/

• 1

  A sudden snatch at something.

  • The ball popped in and popped out, and when he made a grab for it on the ground he kicked it with his foot.
  • He made a grab for me and I swung my handbag at him as hard as I could.
• 2

  An acquisition by violent or unjust means.

• 3

  A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.

  • Almost all modern cranes are electrically operated and a quick-acting type of 30 cwt. capacity is suitable for general cargo, but not powerful enough to operate grabs for discharge of bulk cargoes.
• 4

  A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.

• 5

  mediaA sound bite.

  • For example, one radio bulletin may feature one central issue, like a state election, and will focus on that issue. The bulletin might contain only a few voice wraps but many grabs, leaving the focus firmly on the newsreader.
• 6

  obsoleteThat which is seized.

• 7

  slangfirefightinggovernmentThe rescue of a person from a burning structure.

  • There have been many rescues made as a result of an aggressive search team who went in without a hoseline to make the grab.
• 8

  A simple card game.

grabnoun詞源 2/ˈɡɹæb/

• 1

  A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.