grab: [16] Grab is a Germanic word. It was probably borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German grabben. These were descendants of a prehistoric Germanic *grab-, which could well have been related to the *graip-, *grip- which produced grip, gripe, and grope. => grip, gripe, grope
grab (v.)
"seize forcibly or roughly," 1580s, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German grabben "to grab," from Proto-Germanic *grab-, *grap- (cognates: Old English græppian "to seize," Old Saxon garva, Old High German garba "sheaf," literally "that which is gathered up together"), from PIE *ghrebh- (1) "to seize, reach" (cognates: Sanskrit grbhnati "seizes," Old Persian grab- "seize" as possession or prisoner, Old Church Slavonic grabiti "to seize, rob," Lithuanian grebiu "to rake"). Sense of "to get by unscrupulous methods" was reinforced by grab game, a kind of swindle, attested from 1846. Related: Grabbed; grabbing.
grab (n.)
1777, "thing grabbed;" 1824, "act of grabbing, a sudden grasp or seizing" from grab (v.). Up for grabs attested from 1945 in jive talk.
雙語例句
1. He made a grab for her but she sidestepped him.
他想要抓住她，但她側步閃開了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He edged closer to the telephone, ready to grab it.
他慢慢挪向電話機，準備抓起聽筒。
來自柯林斯例句
3. I grab George'sarm and dig my nails into his flesh.
我抓住喬治的胳膊，指甲摳進了他的肉裏。
來自柯林斯例句
4. He was clumsily trying to grab at Alfred's arms.
他笨手笨腳地想抓住艾爾弗雷德的手臂。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Those who seek to grab power through violence deserve punishment.