grasp

英 [grɑ?sp] 美[ɡr?sp]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數:?grasps;過去式:?grasped;過去分詞:?grasped;現在分詞:?grasping;

grasp 抓緊，抓牢

詞源同grab, 抓住，抓牢。字母s、p置換。

grasp (v.): mid-14c., "to reach, grope, feel around," possibly a metathesis of grapsen, from Old English *gr?psan "to touch, feel," from Proto-Germanic *grap-, *grab- (cognates: East Frisian grapsen "to grasp," Middle Dutch grapen "to seize, grasp," Old English grapian "to touch, feel, grope"), from PIE root *ghrebh- (1) "to seize, reach" (see grab (v.)). With verb-formative -s- as in cleanse. Sense of "seize" first recorded mid-16c. Transitive use by 17c. Figurative use from c. 1600; of intellectual matters from 1680s. Related: Grasped; grasping.
grasp (n.): 1560s, "a handle," from grasp (v.). As "act of grasping" from c. 1600; also "power of grasping." Meaning "power of intellect" is from 1680s.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?

[Browning, "Andrea del Sarto"]

1. He let the ball slip through his grasp and into the net.: 球從他的掌中滑出，鉆進了球門。

3. Attlee was extremely intelligent and his grasp of the situation was masterly.: 阿特利聰明過人，對局勢的把握頗為高明。

4. I know that you'refloundering around, trying to grasp at any straw.: 我知道你正不知所措，是在病急亂投醫。

5. The people in your grasp are not guests, they are hostages.: 你所控制的這些人不是客人，而是人質。