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fetching 音标拼音: [f'ɛtʃɪŋ] a. 动人的,引人的,迷人的 动人的,引人的,迷人的 fetching adj 1: very attractive; capturing interest; " a fetching new hairstyle"; " something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; " a winning personality" [ synonym: { fetching}, { taking}, { winning}] fetching \ fetching\ adj. drawing favorable attention; as, a fetching new hat. Syn: appealing, taking, winning. [ WordNet 1. 5]
Fetch \ Fetch\ ( f[ e^] ch; 224), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Fetched} 2; p. pr. & vb. n.. { Fetching}.] [ OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh. the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get, OFries. faka to prepare. [ root] 77. Cf. { Fet}, v. t.] 1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get. [ 1913 Webster] Time will run back and fetch the age of gold. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. -- 1 Kings xvii. 11, 12. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for. [ 1913 Webster] Our native horses were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to. [ 1913 Webster] Fetching men again when they swoon. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To reduce; to throw. [ 1913 Webster] The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh. [ 1913 Webster] I' ll fetch a turn about the garden. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] He fetches his blow quick and sure. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] 6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing. [ 1913 Webster] Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched The siren' s isle. -- Chapman. [ 1913 Webster] 7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state. [ 1913 Webster] They could n' t fetch the butter in the churn. -- W. Barnes. [ 1913 Webster] { To fetch a compass} ( Naut.), to make a circuit; to take a circuitous route going to a place. { To fetch a pump}, to make it draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle. { To fetch headway} or { To fetch sternway} ( Naut.), to move ahead or astern. { To fetch out}, to develop. " The skill of the polisher fetches out the colors [ of marble]" -- Addison. { To fetch up}. ( a) To overtake. [ Obs.] " Says [ the hare], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please." -- L' Estrange. ( b) To stop suddenly. [ 1913 Webster] 64 Moby Thesaurus words for " fetching": Circean, alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come- hither, coquettish, cute, delightful, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating, flirtatious, glamorous, heart- robbing, hypnotic, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, lovely, luxurious, mesmeric, mouth- watering, piquant, prepossessing, provocative, provoquant, ravishing, seducing, seductive, sensuous, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching
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