fetch
verb
noun
fetʃ verb
1
Fetch bring
to go and get something or someone and bring them back or ? 用 fetch 还是用 bring? especially BrE
Quick! Go and fetch a doctor.
快!去请医生来。
Shannon went upstairs to fetch some blankets.
香农上楼去拿些毯子。
fetch sb/sth from sth
Would you mind going to fetch the kids from school?
你去接孩子们放学好吗?
fetch sb sth/fetch sth for sb
Fetch me some coffee while you’re up.
你起来后给我拿点咖啡来。
2 to be sold for a particular amount of money, especially at a public sale – used especially in news reports 卖得,售得〔尤用于新闻报道〕
The painting is expected to fetch at least $20 million.
这幅画预计至少能卖两千万美元。
3
fetch and carry
to do simple and boring jobs for someone as if you were their servant 做杂务,打杂
Am I supposed to fetch and carry for him all day?
难道要我整天替他打杂吗?
4 to make people react in a particular way [英] 使作出某种反应; 吸引来; 引起 BrE
This announcement fetched a huge cheer from the audience.
这项通知博得听众一阵极其热烈的欢呼声。
5 to arrive somewhere without intending to 〔不期然〕到达 always + adv/prep
I fell asleep on the train and fetched up in Glasgow.
我在火车上睡着了,竟然到了格拉斯哥。
noun
6
play fetch
if you play fetch with a dog, you throw something for the dog to bring back to you 〔与狗〕玩抛物衔回