grasp

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɡɹɑːsp/    美 /ɡɹæsp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Grip. figuratively,sometimes
    — A vagrant gust of wind snatched the note from my grasp.
  2. Understanding.
    — There is for the mind but one grasp of happiness: from that uppermost pinnacle of wisdom, whence we see that this world is well designed.
  3. That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
    — The goal is within my grasp.
动词 v.
  1. To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
    — How few! yet how they creep / Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep—while I weep! / O God! can I not grasp / Them with a tighter clasp?
  2. To understand.
    — I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity.
  3. To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.

词形变化

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词汇关系

近义词
grip hold tight beclasp begrasp begrip belock clench clinch cling clutch enclasp fang fondle glaum grab grabble grasp hang on hold on hold nab nim seize stranglehold take
反义词
let go release
下位词
embrace foregrasp snatch handle
衍生词
a drowning man will grasp at a straw a drowning man will grasp at straws begrasp engrasp foregrasp graspability graspable grasp at a straw grasp at straws grasper grasp for straws grasp the nettle ungrasp misgrasp regrasp beyond someone's grasp graspful graspless handgrasp light grasp tripod grasp
相关词
grab grapple grave groove grovel capture

词源

词源 1
From Middle English graspen, grapsen, craspen (“to grope; feel around”), from Old English *grǣpsian, from Proto-West Germanic *graipisōn, from Proto-Germanic *graipisōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”), the same ultimate source as grab.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian grapsje (“to grab, grasp”), German Low German grapsen (“to grab; grasp”), German grapsen and grapschen, Old English grāpian ("to touch, feel, grasp"; > Modern English grope). Compare also Swedish krafsa (“to scatch; scabble”), Norwegian krafse (“to scramble”).
词源 2
From Middle English graspen, grapsen, craspen (“to grope; feel around”), from Old English *grǣpsian, from Proto-West Germanic *graipisōn, from Proto-Germanic *graipisōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”), the same ultimate source as grab.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian grapsje (“to grab, grasp”), German Low German grapsen (“to grab; grasp”), German grapsen and grapschen, Old English grāpian ("to touch, feel, grasp"; > Modern English grope). Compare also Swedish krafsa (“to scatch; scabble”), Norwegian krafse (“to scramble”).
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