fetch 1 S3 / fetʃ / 动词 [及物动词]

1 especially British English to go and get something or someone and bring them back :

Quick! Go and fetch a doctor.

Shannon went upstairs to fetch some blankets.

fetch somebody/something from something

Would you mind going to fetch the kids from school?

fetch somebody something/fetch something for somebody

Fetch me some coffee while you’re up.

2 to be sold for a particular amount of money, especially at a public sale – used especially in news reports :

The painting is expected to fetch at least $20 million.

3 fetch and carry to do simple and boring jobs for someone as if you were their servant :

Am I supposed to fetch and carry for him all day?

4 British English to make people react in a particular way :

This an 名词 cement fetched a huge cheer from the audience.

fetch up 短语动词 British English informal

[ always + 副词 / 介词 ] to arrive somewhere without intending to 同义词 end up :

I fell asleep on the train and fetched up in Glasgow.

THESAURUS

cost to have a particular price : The book costs $25. | A new kitchen will cost you a lot of money. | It’s a nice dress and it didn’t cost much.

be especially spoken to cost a particular amount of money : These shoes were only £5.

be priced at something to have a particular price – used when giving the exact price that a shop or company charges for something : Tickets are priced at $20 for adults and $10 for kids.

retail at something to be sold in shops at a particular price – used especially in business : The scissors retail at £1.99 in department stores.

sell/go for something used for saying what people usually pay for something : Houses in this area sell for around £200,000.

fetch used for saying what people pay for something, especially at a public sale : The painting fetched over $8,000 at auction. | A sports car built for Mussolini is expected to fetch nearly £1 million at auction.

set somebody back something informal to cost someone a lot of money : A good set of speakers will set you back around £150.

come to if a bill comes to a particular amount, it adds up to that amount : The bill came to £100 between four of us.