snap up

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To buy or acquire quickly, usually because the item is a bargain or in short supply or something one has been searching for. colloquial,transitive
    — I dashed into the mall; bought a gift; raced to the card store, snapped up a two-fer gift-bag special and was back in my car in 26 minutes. I could medal in power shopping.
  2. To snap at (a person); to speak harshly to. archaic,colloquial,transitive
    — [H]e saw Jonathan a horse-back, and, asking him how he did, Jonathan d—d him, and bid him not trouble him with impertinent questions; therefore the tradesman desired to know the reason why Jonathan snapped him up in that rude angry manner, when he had spoken to him so civilly.

词形变化

snaps up present,singular,third-person snapping up participle,present snapped up participle,past snapped up past
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