with obj.
1
- go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone(为某人)去取来, 去拿来:
he ran to fetch help
他跑去求援
with two objs she fetched me a cup of tea.她去给我端了一杯茶来。
1.1
- (of a person, action, or thing) be the reason for (someone) to come to a place(人, 行为, 事情)成为(某人)来到的原因; 使来到; 请来:
it was not horse-trading that fetched Harper to Belgium, but Sharpe.
把哈珀吸引到比利时来的原因不是马匹的买卖, 而是夏普这个人。
1.2
- archaic bring forth (blood or tears)〈古〉使出(血); 使流(泪):
kind offers fetched tears from me.
好心的施予令我潸然泪下。
1.3
- archaic draw or take a (breath); heave (a sigh)〈古〉吸(一口气); 叹(一口气)。
2
- achieve (a particular price) when sold卖得, 售得(某个价钱):
the land could fetch over a million pounds.
这块地可以卖100多万英镑。
3
- with two objs informal inflict (a blow or slap) on (someone)〈非正式〉给(某人)以(重重的一击或一巴掌):
he always used to slam the gate and try and fetch her shins a wallop.
他过去关大门总是很重, 以图给她的胫部重重一击。
4
- informal, dated cause great interest or delight in (someone)〈非正式, 旧〉引起(某人)的极大兴趣; 使(某人)高兴:
to say that the child has got the father's nose fetches the parents.
说孩子的鼻子长得像他父亲准会使做父母的感到高兴。
1
- the distance travelled by wind or waves across open water风(或风浪)区长度, 风(浪)区。
1.1
- the distance a vessel must sail to reach open water(船只到达开阔水域的)航行距离。
2
- in sing. an act of going for something and then bringing it back去取回, 去拿来:
he thought the best part of the fetch was wrestling over the stick.
他认为去取东西时最精彩的部分就是设法对付手杖。
3
- archaic a contrivance, dodge, or trick〈古〉计谋; 诡计:
it is no ingenious fetches of argument that we want.
我们所要的绝不只是巧妙的辩术。
短语
fetch and carry
- run backwards and forwards bringing things to someone in a servile fashion做杂务, 当听差, 跑腿。
派生词
fetcher
noun词源
Old English fecc(e)an, variant of fetian, probably related to fatian 'grasp', of Germanic origin and related to German fassen.
短语动词
fetch up
- informal arrive or come to rest somewhere, typically by accident or unintentionally〈非正式〉(尤指偶然或无意中)到达, 来到。