grapple

英 ['ɡræpl] 美 ['ɡræpl]

• v. 抓住；扭打；搏斗
• n. 抓钩；扭打；搏斗

英英释义

Noun:

1. a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope

2. a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam

3. the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat;

   "they had a fierce wrestle"
   "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
   

Verb:

1. come to terms with;

   "We got by on just a gallon of gas"
   "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
   

2. to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match;

   "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The fisherman tried to grapple the urn which was floating down the river,but failed.
   渔夫想抓住顺流漂下的罐子，可是没抓住。
2. She grappled with her assailant but her husband got away.
   她与袭击者扭打，而她丈夫却逃走了。
3. He did all he could to grapple with the enemy.
   他奋力与敌人拼杀。
4. He has been grappling with the problem for a long time.
   他长期以来一直努力解决该问题。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Use your grapple to grab building parts and weapons.
   用你的抓钩去抓起建筑物品和武器。
2. In his grapple with the small unit he can pretty well count on not being bluffed.
   敌军在与我军小股部队交战中，几乎可以指望自己不上当。
3. This was the context in which the United States attempted to grapple with the dynamics of the Soviet system.
   这就是美国试图同苏维埃制度的原动力搏斗的来龙去脉。

经典引文

• The English..grappled their own boats to the French with hooks and chains.

  出自： P. Warner

• To locate the wreck, grapple it and fix its position.

  出自：Daily Telegraph

• Never to be torn from thence, but with those holds that grapple it to life.

  出自： fig.

词汇搭配

• grapple with 格斗
• log grapple 抓木器
• three-tine grapple 三叉抓斗
• grapple fork 抓钩叉子
• grapple equipped crane 锚固式起重机...
• grapple bucket 抓斗器
• sugarcane grapple 装甘蔗抓斗
• automatic grapple fork 自动干草叉
• grapple dredger 抓斗式挖泥船...
• grapple dredge 抓斗式挖,泥机...
• grappling iron 抓钩
• grappling hook 爪钩

近反义词

【近义词】

• struggle 努力
• grasp 把握
• seize 抓住
• fight 战斗
• grab 抓住
• grip 紧握
• clasp 扣子
• clutch 抓住
• hold 拿着
• wrestle 摔跤
• cope 应付
• deal 协定
• contend 竞争
• tackle 处理
• face 表面
• handle 处理
• do battle 作战(斗争)
• wrestling 摔跤
• grappling iron 抓钩
• clamshell 蛤壳
• grapnel 小锚
• grappling hook 爪钩
• grappling 小锚
• make do 凑合着用, 将就...
• grappler 抓东西的人或物...
• get by 通过
• manage 管理
• make out 起草