fetched
fetched — verb
- fetchedpresent simple I / you / we / they
- fetcheds3rd person singular
- fetcheding-ing form
- fetchededpast simple
1. went somewhere else to get a thing or a person and then carried, led, or brought
went somewhere else to get a thing or a person and then carried, led, or brought them back to where you started.
Andrew fetched a bucket of water from the well behind the farmhouse.
fetch + concrete object + from + source location
The retriever fetched the wet tennis ball and dropped it at Talia's feet.
fetch + object + and + return action
Vikram fetched his grandmother from the train station after her long journey home.
Could you fetch me the screwdriver from the drawer next to the fridge?
Eri fetched a blanket for the shivering child waiting on the bench.
文法句型
fetch + object
fetch + indirect object + direct object
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person or trained animal making a round trip — go to a place, collect, return. If nobody goes anywhere, use 'bring' or 'get' instead.
常見錯誤
2. when sold — especially at auction or in a market — brought in a particular sum o
when sold — especially at auction or in a market — brought in a particular sum of money as the final paid price.
The antique vase fetched over three thousand pounds at the Edinburgh auction last weekend.
fetch + monetary amount at auction (commonest frame)
Defne was shocked that her old bicycle fetched almost two hundred euros online.
fetch + price (informal resale context)
Hand-knotted Persian rugs can fetch enormous prices in serious collector markets.
The painting fetched a record sum, beating every estimate the gallery had published.
Bao's coin collection fetched far less at auction than the appraiser had predicted.
文法句型
fetch + amount of money
fetch + a price at auction
用法筆記
Subject is the goods being sold, not the seller. Object is always a sum of money or a price descriptor. Frequently passive in news writing: 'a record was fetched'. Distinguish from sense 1: nobody is physically going anywhere — the verb purely reports what price was paid.
常見錯誤
3. delivered a sudden blow to someone using your open hand or fist — old-fashioned
delivered a sudden blow to someone using your open hand or fist — old-fashioned spoken usage now mostly limited to fixed expressions.
The angry farmer fetched the boy a sharp slap across the back of the head.
fetch + person + a + blow (classic fixed frame)
Quinn fetched his cousin a playful punch on the arm and laughed loudly.
fetch + person + a + punch (light-hearted use)
Élise fetched the thief a kick as he tried to scramble over the fence.
Don't make me fetch you a clip round the ear, young man.
- dodge
avoiding rather than delivering a blow.
文法句型
fetch + somebody + a blow / a slap
用法筆記
Old-fashioned spoken British usage. Almost always 'fetch + person + a + blow noun' (slap, punch, kick, clip). Distinguish from sense 1 (fetching an object) — the indirect-object pattern looks similar, but here the 'object' is always a violent action noun.
常見錯誤
fetched — noun
1. a single occasion when somebody goes to a place, collects a thing, and brings it
a single occasion when somebody goes to a place, collects a thing, and brings it back — used mostly in technical writing about working dogs or in the slogan 'a long fetch'.
The collie completed every fetch perfectly during the morning training session at Beatrix's kennel.
noun: 'every fetch' (dog-training context)
It was a long fetch from the village pump to the upper farmhouse.
noun: 'a long fetch' (idiomatic distance use)
Shirin counted each successful fetch as the spaniel raced back across the wet grass.
After ten fetches in the rain, the muddy dog finally collapsed on the kitchen floor.
文法句型
a fetch (of something)
用法筆記
Genuinely rare as a noun in everyday Modern English. Most readers will only meet it in dog-training manuals, hiking descriptions ('a long fetch' = a long distance to walk), or older literature. For the everyday concept, use the verb 'fetch' or the noun 'trip'.