snatch
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(try to) seize (sth/sb) quickly and sometimes rudely; grab (设法)迅速地或粗鲁地抓住(某物[某人]); 抢
It's rude to snatch. 你争我夺是粗鲁的行为.
She snatched the letter from me/out of my hand. 她从我这里[从我手中]把信抢走了.
The baby had been snatched from its pram. 那婴儿被人从婴儿车中劫走了.
He snatched up his gun and fired. 他迅速拿起枪来射出.
2 [Tn] take or get (sth) quickly, esp when a chance to do so occurs 迅速抓住(某物)(尤指机会)
snatch an hour's sleep 偷空儿睡一小时觉
snatch a meal between jobs 趁工作间歇时吃饭. snatch, n
1 [sing] sudden attempt to seize (sth) quickly 抓; 抢; 夺
make a snatch at sth 抢夺某物.
2 [C esp pl 尤作复数]
short part or period; brief extract 片刻; 片段
work in snatches, ie not continuously 断断续续地工作
short snatches of song 歌的片段
overhear snatches of conversation 偶尔听到谈话的只言片语.
We will use it for cleaning the inside of the ship. If we do this, we shall have less sickness. Please get me 300 litres. I think that will be enough.
我们将要用醋清理船舱。如果我们这样做的话,我们就会少生些病。请给我购买300升。我想这就够了。
He says that all this happened after I started work.
他说,这一切都是在我开始工作后才发生的。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something,意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。