| 单词 | nab |
| 释义 | nab (once / 3722 pages) v When you nab someone, you catch the person in the act of doing something wrong. A police officer, for example, might say that she loves to nab shoplifters. You nab when you apprehend a bad guy, or when you suddenly grab something: "Hey, you can't just nab a slice of pizza off my plate!" It's most common to use nab when a criminal is caught, as when the FBI nabs a suspected terrorist or an officer nabs a would-be graffiti artist. Nab probably came from an earlier word, nap, "to seize or catch," which is now obsolete except in the word kidnap. WORD FAMILYnab: nabbed, nabbing, nabs USAGE EXAMPLESOne man said the agent who nabbed him threw away his clothes, wallet and belt, but saved his cash, ID card and phone. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) Then, last year, Bill Bender nabbed this out-of-the-way town’s claim to be at the center of it all. Wall Street Journal(Dec 16, 2016) Billboard 200 album chart and his musical work on "Moana" nabbed a Golden Globe nomination. Reuters(Dec 12, 2016) 1v take into custody the police nabbed the suspected criminals Syn|Hyper apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nail, pick up clutch, prehend, seize take hold of; grab 2v seize suddenly Hyper clutch, prehend, seize take hold of; grab 3v tag the base runner to get him out Hyper tag touch a player while he is holding the ball |
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