snaffled

英 [ˈsnæfld] 美 [ˈsnæfld]

v.  (尤指抢先)攫取,偷窃
snaffle的过去分词和过去式



柯林斯词典

  1. (马的)嚼子;马衔铁
    A snaffle is an object consisting of two short joined bars of metal that is put in a horse's mouth and attached to the straps that the rider uses to control the horse.
    1. VERB 偷窃;扒取;攫取
      If you snaffle something, you take it for yourself.
      1. Michael Stich then proceeded to snaffle the $2 million first prize.
        接着,迈克尔·斯蒂克又一举拿下了两百万美元的头奖。

    双语例句

    1. Thieves snaffled all the goods from the burnt warehouse.
      窃贼把失火的仓库里的货物都偷走了。
    2. They snaffled all the food at the party before we got there.
      在我们到那里之前,他们已经把聚会上的食物全吃光了。
    3. Who's snaffled my pen? It was on my desk a moment ago.
      谁拿走了我的钢笔?刚才它还在我的桌上。
    4. The old ladies there have snaffled all the bottles, cans and papers.
      老奶奶们已拣走了所有的瓶子、罐子和纸张。
    5. On July14th a veteran pro-European Conservative was expelled from the group after he snaffled a parliamentary vice-presidency that had been promised to a Polish colleague, Michal Kaminski.
      7月14日,一名挺欧的保守党人被所在集团驱逐,因为之前他窃取了议会副主席一职,这个职位本已给了他的一个波兰同僚迈克尔•卡明斯基。