这个为什么不用catch？不是翻译成“并尽力去抓住它，但是他不能”嘛？。为什么用reach

Question

The wind blew his hat into the river. He put out his hand and tried to reach it but he could so he jumped into the river and got it（原本是个选词题）

Answer 1

这里指的是够得着，不是抓住。