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To nab someone or something means to catch or grab it quickly, often suddenly or by surprise. Police 'nab' criminals; you might 'nab' the last seat on the bus, or 'nab' a good deal in a sale. It's a casual, informal word, common in spoken English and news headlines because it's short and .
(口語)逮到、搶到
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
nabverb詞源 1/næb/
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informalTo seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
- As I was going out of the door, a fellow detective came hurriedly in. "Nabbed them," cried he.
- Their target: a drug kingpin who reportedly keeps millions of dollars in his fortress of a compound. Pope has been working for years to nab this baddie, and sincerely wants to stop his reign of terror,)
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informalTo grab or snatch something.
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To steal or copy another user's post.
nabnoun詞源 2/næb/
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The summit of a hill.
- At Clayton point and other nabs to the south of Scarborough.
- ‘I thought I heard my father,’ he gasped, glancing up to the frowning nab above us. ‘You are sure nobody spoke?’
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The cock of a gunlock.
- The Toe, or Nab of the Bolt, which rises[…]above the Straight on the Top of the Bolt: The Office of this Nab, is to receive the Bottom of the Bit of the Key, when in turning it about, it shoots the Bolt backward or forwards.
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The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
- the Bottom of the Bit may fall almost to the Bottom of the Nab , and shoot the Bolt back
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。