
A herring gull plucks a puffin from the ground. Photo: Amanda Hayes/BWPA/PA Wire
今日小常識(shí)
The photo above won the 'animal behaviour' category in the 2012 British Wildlife Photography competition. Amanda Hayes took this picture in Northumberland, in north east England. The photographer spent a week trying to photograph gulls stealing the sand eels from puffins. Luckily for the puffin, it managed to free itself from the gull’s grasp.
上面的照片在 2012 年的英國(guó)野生動(dòng)物攝影比賽中贏得“動(dòng)物行為”類(lèi)別大獎(jiǎng)。阿曼達(dá)?海耶斯是在英國(guó)東北部的諾森伯蘭郡拍下的這張照片。攝影師花了一星期的時(shí)間來(lái)拍攝這張銀鷗從海鴨那里偷取沙鰻魚(yú)的照片。幸運(yùn)的是海雀設(shè)法擺脫了海鷗的攻擊。
今日短語(yǔ)
如果說(shuō)某物是 up for grabs, 那么就表示此物尚無(wú)主,可以供人隨便抓取。誰(shuí)拿走就是誰(shuí)的。
例句
Is this last biscuit up for grabs? I'm starving.
There are some great prizes up for grabs in tonight's pub quiz.
There are three scholarships up for grabs. I'm definitely going to apply.
請(qǐng)注意
注意這個(gè)短語(yǔ)總是以復(fù)數(shù)形式出現(xiàn),即便是形容單數(shù)名詞也是如此 up for grabs.
Incorrect 錯(cuò)誤: There is still one prize up for grab.
Correct 正確: There is still one prize up for grabs.