grapple
英 ['græp(ə)l]
美 ['græpl]
- vi. 抓住；格鬥；抓鬥機
- vt. 抓住；與…格鬥
- n. 抓住；格鬥
助記提示
1. grab => grapple.
2. 諧音“格來撲”-----一格鬥就撲上來。
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，搏鬥詞源同grab, grasp. 由抓住引申義扭打，搏鬥。
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.
- 經理們已經學會了如何應對聯網、人工智能、計算機輔助工程和製造。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Many investigators had grapple with the problem, usually with poor results.
- 許多研究人員曾設法解決這個問題, 但是往往沒有好結果.
來自辭典例句
- 3. He no longer wishes to grapple furiously with his universe.
- 他已不再願意同他的環境奮力博鬥了.
來自辭典例句
- 4. It is with these problems that Europe now has to grapple.
- 歐洲現在必須對付的就是這些問題.
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四, 揪住對手的腦袋相互碰撞.”
來自英漢文學 - 金銀島