fetch(动词)最常用义:去取来;(把某物)拿来;取回。也可指(信息/数据)获取、抓取(尤用于计算机语境)。
/fetʃ/
Please fetch me a glass of water.
请帮我拿一杯水来。
After the meeting, she fetched the report from the archive, only to discover that several pages were missing.
会后她从档案室取回那份报告,却发现少了好几页。
fetch 源自中古英语 fecchen,与“抓、拿、带来”相关的古日耳曼语词根有关,核心含义一直围绕“去把某物带回/取来”。