prehend

英 [prɪ'hend] 美 [prɪ'hend]

• v. 抓住

英英释义

Verb:

1. take hold of; grab;

   "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"
   "She clutched her purse"
   "The mother seized her child by the arm"
   "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
   

经典引文

• A plant prehends the sunlight.

  出自： R. G. Collingwood

• The new occasion prehends all the entities in its past.

  出自： J. B. Cobb

近反义词

【近义词】

• clutch 抓住
• seize 抓住