| 单词 | death grip |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath grip death grip n. (a) a very strong, secure hold or grip on something, esp. as a result of extreme fear or panic; (b) a violent or deadly grip, usually around a person's neck; (c) figurative an oppressive hold or power over a person, country, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > firmness of hold > grip or grasp gripOE handgripOE holtc1375 cleeka1400 handfast1540 handy-gripe1542 handigrip1579 gripple1596 fang1597 grasp1609 clutch1785 death grip1792 1792 Walker's Hibernian Mag. Sept. 287/2 The gentleman who struggled with him held a death grip of the pistol he fired. 1855 Harper's Mag. July 253/1 Still holding on to my enemy with a death-grip, I felt myself falling..it seemed to unfathomable depths! 1912 Missionary Rev. Mar. 195/1 The fact is that those nations are held in a death grip by Islam. 1941 P. Sturges Sullivan's Trav. E27 The girl gets a death-grip around Sullivan's neck. 1991 M. Halvorson To Everything a Season 96 Visions of sliding sideways down the huge hill at Cochrane danced vividly through my head. I clutched the wheel in a death grip, glued my eyes to the road and forged on. 2003 N.Y. Times Mag. 2 Mar. 46/3 Nobody knows what will happen when Saddam Hussein's death grip on his country is finally broken. < as lemmas |
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