snaffle

英 [ˈsnæfl]

美 [ˈsnæfl]

v.  (尤指抢先)攫取，偷窃
n.  马嚼子

过去分词：snaffled　过去式：snaffled　第三人称单数：snaffles　复数：snaffles　现在分词：snaffling　

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牛津词典

verb

• （尤指抢先）攫取，偷窃
  to take sth quickly for yourself, especially before anyone else has had the time or opportunity

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。

英英释义

noun

• a simple jointed bit for a horse
  Synonym:snaffle bit

verb

• fit or restrain with a snaffle
  1. snaffle a horse
• get hold of or seize quickly and easily
  1. I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale
  Synonym:snap upgrab

双语例句

• The main contact with the horse's mouth must be through the snaffle bit.
  与马嘴主要的接触一定是在小口衔。
• You put a snaffle bit on her before she brings the whole thing down.
  她把所有事搞砸之前你得给她戴上马嚼子。
• 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。
• A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
  马需要皮鞭，驴需要辔头，愚昧人的脊背需要棍棒。
• These deals ticked all the right boxes: fat income streams for bankers, cash for riskier borrowers who lacked track records, and high-yielding assets for hedge funds to snaffle up.
  做这些交易的理由很充分：给银行家带来可观的收入流，为那些缺乏过往记录、风险较高的借款人带来现金，同时给对冲基金带来可供操控的高收益资产。
• Indeed, far from liquidating assets, the chat over banquets in Shanghai and Beijing is how to snaffle bigger bargains overseas.
  事实上，在上海和北京举行的宴会上，人们所谈论的话题远非资产清算，而是如何到海外攫取更便宜的资产。
• Finding a Chinese buyer to snaffle Rio looks, in comparison, a much more appealing outcome.
  相比之下，找一个中国买家将力拓据为己有，是一个更具吸引力的结果。