"grab"，到底是怎麼抓住的？

那天在上英語學程
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Unit 27 Joy時，
看到一段這樣的話：
But then Joy had second thoughts. She put back the cake. Then she grabbed Dameon's whole lunch.
我問學生"grab"，到底是怎麼抓住的東西的？

我這樣問，
其實是要學生從字裡行間去「感覺」一個字，
這正是閱讀的一種樂趣。
Longman Dictionary of American English對grab下的定義：
to take hold of something with a sudden or violent movement.

最近我在閱讀Reader's Digest April, 2006
"Great Lakes Journey"
談到船運的式微，
看到grab這個字的妙用：
But by the late 1850, passengers had switched to trains. Railways later grabbed much of the freigt too. More recently, trucks joined the competition. 

從文章段落認識一個字，感受一個字，的確有趣多了!