grapple
英 ['gr?p(?)l]
美 ['gr?pl]
- vi. 抓住；格斗；抓斗機(jī)
- vt. 抓住；與…格斗
- n. 抓?。桓穸?/li>
助記提示
1. grab => grapple.
2. 諧音“格來?yè)洹?----一格斗就撲上來。
3. grab => grasp(metathesis of *graps-), grapple.
4. grasp <===> grapple.
5. grape => grapple.
6. grape: The original notion perhaps was "vine hook for grape-picking".
中文詞源
grapple 扭打，搏斗詞源同grab, grasp. 由抓住引申義扭打，搏斗。
英文詞源
- grapple (n.)
- "iron hook for fastening one thing to another," late 13c., from Old French grapil "hook" (see grapnel).
- grapple (v.)
- 1520s, "seize and hold fast," originally in reference to a ship, by means of a grapple, from grapple (n.). Extended sense of "battle, struggle in close contact" (usually with with) is from 1580s of persons, 1630s of immaterial things. Related: Grappled; grappling. Grappling hook is from 1620s.
雙語例句
- 1. Managers have learned to grapple with networking, artificial intelligence, computer-aided engineering and manufacturing.
- 經(jīng)理們已經(jīng)學(xué)會(huì)了如何應(yīng)對(duì)聯(lián)網(wǎng)、人工智能、計(jì)算機(jī)輔助工程和制造。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Many investigators had grapple with the problem, usually with poor results.
- 許多研究人員曾設(shè)法解決這個(gè)問題, 但是往往沒有好結(jié)果.
來自辭典例句
- 3. He no longer wishes to grapple furiously with his universe.
- 他已不再愿意同他的環(huán)境奮力博斗了.
來自辭典例句
- 4. It is with these problems that Europe now has to grapple.
- 歐洲現(xiàn)在必須對(duì)付的就是這些問題.
來自辭典例句
- 5. I seen him grapple four, and knock their heads together - him unarmed.'
- 我曾見他赤手空拳地以一對(duì)四, 揪住對(duì)手的腦袋相互碰撞.”
來自英漢文學(xué) - 金銀島