英语词汇“to grasp at”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to grasp at: to make a clutch at, to try to seize. Chiefly with immaterial object or figurative. Also, To accept with avidity (an offer, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)]

gripea900

afangOE

to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE

repeOE

atfonga1000

keepc1000

fang1016

kip1297

seize1338

to seize on or upon1399

to grip toc1400

rapc1415

to rap and rendc1415

comprise1423

forsetc1430

grip1488

to put (one's) hand(s) on (also in, to, unto, upon)1495

compass1509

to catch hold1520

hap1528

to lay hold (up)on, of1535

seisin?c1550

cly1567

scratch1582

attach1590

asseizea1593

grasp1642

to grasp at1677

collar1728

smuss1736

get1763

pin1768

grabble1796

bag1818

puckerow1843

nobble1877

jump1882

snaffle1902

snag1962

pull1967

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp > grasp at or clutch at

snatch1530

reach1542

to catch at ——1578

snap1673

to grasp at1677

clutch1834

grabble1837

seize1848

grab1852

the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take an offer

to grasp at1840

1677 [implied in: R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xvii. 132 They lick themselves whole, by an overforward grasping at such passages of Scripture. (at grasping n.)].

1680 W. Temple Surv. Constit. of Empire in Wks. (1731) I. 87 No Monarchy having ever grasped at so great an Empire there.

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 424 Alas! we grasp at Clouds, and beat the Air, Vexing that spirit we intend to clear.

c1749 O. Goldsmith Let. in W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (1840) I. 40 I readily grasped at his proposal.

a1754 J. MacLaurin Serm. & Ess. (1755) 25 Covetousness often loses what it has by grasping at more.

1781 W. Cowper Progress of Error 22 Like quicksilver, the rhetoric they display, Shines as it runs, but, grasped at, slips away.

1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. lviii. 267 Teutames grasped at their offers.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 252 There was little doubt that..by grasping at too much, the government would lose all.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 84 Geraint,..grasping at his sword.

1868 A. Helps Realmah II. xvi. 249 Recovering himself, he grasped at the balcony.

1898 J. Caird Univ. Addr. 7 Grasping at a premature and false simplicity.

in extended use.1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam ii. 2 Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying dead.

单词	to grasp at
释义	> as lemmas to grasp at b. to grasp at: to make a clutch at, to try to seize. Chiefly with immaterial object or figurative. Also, To accept with avidity (an offer, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] gripea900 afangOE to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE repeOE atfonga1000 keepc1000 fang1016 kip1297 seize1338 to seize on or upon1399 to grip toc1400 rapc1415 to rap and rendc1415 comprise1423 forsetc1430 grip1488 to put (one's) hand(s) on (also in, to, unto, upon)1495 compass1509 to catch hold1520 hap1528 to lay hold (up)on, of1535 seisin?c1550 cly1567 scratch1582 attach1590 asseizea1593 grasp1642 to grasp at1677 collar1728 smuss1736 get1763 pin1768 grabble1796 bag1818 puckerow1843 nobble1877 jump1882 snaffle1902 snag1962 pull1967 the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp > grasp at or clutch at snatch1530 reach1542 to catch at ——1578 snap1673 to grasp at1677 clutch1834 grabble1837 seize1848 grab1852 the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take an offer to grasp at1840 1677 [implied in: R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xvii. 132 They lick themselves whole, by an overforward grasping at such passages of Scripture. (at grasping n.)]. 1680 W. Temple Surv. Constit. of Empire in Wks. (1731) I. 87 No Monarchy having ever grasped at so great an Empire there. 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 424 Alas! we grasp at Clouds, and beat the Air, Vexing that spirit we intend to clear. c1749 O. Goldsmith Let. in W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (1840) I. 40 I readily grasped at his proposal. a1754 J. MacLaurin Serm. & Ess. (1755) 25 Covetousness often loses what it has by grasping at more. 1781 W. Cowper Progress of Error 22 Like quicksilver, the rhetoric they display, Shines as it runs, but, grasped at, slips away. 1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. lviii. 267 Teutames grasped at their offers. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 252 There was little doubt that..by grasping at too much, the government would lose all. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 84 Geraint,..grasping at his sword. 1868 A. Helps Realmah II. xvi. 249 Recovering himself, he grasped at the balcony. 1898 J. Caird Univ. Addr. 7 Grasping at a premature and false simplicity. in extended use.1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam ii. 2 Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying dead. View more context for this quotation extracted from graspv. < as lemmas
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