English主要词典
fetch
Universal Words
verb
1 (especially BrE) to go to where sb/sth is and bring them/it back:
[VN] to fetch help / a doctor * The inhabitants have to walk a mile to fetch water. * She's gone to fetch the kids from school. * [VNN] Could you fetch me my bag?
2 [VN] to be sold for a particular price:
The painting is expected to fetch ｣10000 at auction.
IDIOMS
fetch and carry (for sb) to do a lot of little jobs for sb as if you were their servant:
Most of her day was spent fetching and carrying for her family.
PHRASALVERBS
fetch up (informal, especially BrE) to arrive somewhere without planning to:
And then, a few years after leaving college, he somehow fetched up in Rome.
