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

• (马的)嚼子;马衔铁
  Asnaffleis 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.
• VERB 偷窃;扒取;攫取
  If yousnafflesomething, 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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。