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

claw

/klɔː

noun

1A curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals.Stalls sold everything from dried lizards and birds' claws to spanners, nails and toothpaste....

The limbs are only moderately long, and the feet are narrow, with four main digits and short claws.
Lured into a folk chemist, I ducked beneath lizard claws and snake skins, dodged the birds' feet and goat horns.

Synonyms

nail, talon

technical unguis

rare pounce

1.1Either of a pair of small hooked appendages on an insect’s foot.Since the claw flexor muscle in insects has no antagonist, claws and arolium are moved back by elastic recoil of stretched exocuticle....

In other words, they can grab a piece of food with the little claws on their feet, taste it, then bring it up to their mouth and taste it again.
To hold on, insects, including ants, rely on small claws or on sticky foot secretions.

1.2The pincer of a crab, scorpion, or other arthropod.Please find attached two pictures that I took of a crab with four pincers on the one claw....

In some species, large males may use their major claw to kill smaller crabs.
They look like scorpions without tail or claws, and they live from animals' droppings.

Synonyms

pincer, nipper

technical chela

1.3A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.This he replaced with a mechanical claw plated with a non-tarnishing gold alloy....

It took the huge mechanical claw of a giant bulldozer just 35 minutes to crush it to a pile of dust.
They resembled green humanoid lizards, except for the black bodysuits and mechanical claws.

verb

1 [no object] Scratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails: the kitten was clawing at Lowell’s trouser leg [with object]: her hands clawed his shoulders...

I kept on yelling, while scratching and clawing at something in my back.
They rolled around on the floor, angrily scratching and slapping and clawing at each other.
He was holding onto the thick leg of an armchair, but tiny, scratching hands were clawing at him, forcing him to loosen his grip more and more gradually.

Synonyms

scratch, lacerate, tear, rake, rip, slash, scrape, graze, dig into;

maul, savage, mutilate;

scrabble at

1.1Clutch at something with the hands: his fingers clawed at the air...

It was a pitiful thing to find fortunate, but at that point she would grab and claw at anything that could possibly brighten the atmosphere.
He threw himself back in suffocating agony and began to claw desperately at his throat.
She fell to her knees gasping for air, her hands clawing at her throat.

1.2 (claw one's way) Make one’s way with difficulty by hauling oneself forward with one’s hands: he clawed his way over a pile of bricks figurative she was determined to claw her way out of poverty and find fame...

He has a number of technical limitations, but he makes up for it by scrapping and clawing his way forward.
So I crawled, dragging myself over the ground, clawing my way forward because I couldn't bring myself to give up.
Not wanting to go down without a fight, he continued to claw his way forward, continually hoping that he was heading the right direction.

1.3 [with object] (claw something away) Try desperately to move or remove something with the hands: rescuers clawed away rubble with their bare hands...

But he acrobatically clawed the shot away only for the rebound to be slapped over the line.
How could I when you were practically clawing my hand away every time I tried to steal a bite?
It was like pulling off a giant plaster, each hair being slowly ripped from my body, no matter how quickly she clawed the strip away to lessen the sting.

1.4 [with object] Scottish Scratch (a part of one’s body) gently so as to relieve itching.

2 [no object] Nautical (Of a sailing ship) beat to windward: the ability to claw off a lee shore

Phrases

get one's claws into

Phrasal verbs

claw something back

Derivatives

clawless

adjective ...

Indeed, before the season began, any resemblance between last year's fearsome Wildcats and this year's clawless kittens was supposed to be no more than fleeting fabrication and pure whimsy.
She tried to scratch him with her clawless paws, but her attempt was enough to make him draw back.
The fur color of the Cape clawless otter varies.

Origin

Old English clawu (noun), clawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch klauw and German Klaue.

单词	claw
释义	claw /klɔː / noun 1A curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals.Stalls sold everything from dried lizards and birds' claws to spanners, nails and toothpaste.... The limbs are only moderately long, and the feet are narrow, with four main digits and short claws. Lured into a folk chemist, I ducked beneath lizard claws and snake skins, dodged the birds' feet and goat horns. Synonyms nail, talon technical unguis rare pounce 1.1Either of a pair of small hooked appendages on an insect’s foot.Since the claw flexor muscle in insects has no antagonist, claws and arolium are moved back by elastic recoil of stretched exocuticle.... In other words, they can grab a piece of food with the little claws on their feet, taste it, then bring it up to their mouth and taste it again. To hold on, insects, including ants, rely on small claws or on sticky foot secretions. 1.2The pincer of a crab, scorpion, or other arthropod.Please find attached two pictures that I took of a crab with four pincers on the one claw.... In some species, large males may use their major claw to kill smaller crabs. They look like scorpions without tail or claws, and they live from animals' droppings. Synonyms pincer, nipper technical chela 1.3A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.This he replaced with a mechanical claw plated with a non-tarnishing gold alloy.... It took the huge mechanical claw of a giant bulldozer just 35 minutes to crush it to a pile of dust. They resembled green humanoid lizards, except for the black bodysuits and mechanical claws. verb 1 [no object] Scratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails: the kitten was clawing at* Lowell’s trouser leg* [with object]: her hands clawed his shoulders... I kept on yelling, while scratching and clawing at something in my back. They rolled around on the floor, angrily scratching and slapping and clawing at each other. He was holding onto the thick leg of an armchair, but tiny, scratching hands were clawing at him, forcing him to loosen his grip more and more gradually. Synonyms scratch, lacerate, tear, rake, rip, slash, scrape, graze, dig into; maul, savage, mutilate; scrabble at 1.1Clutch at something with the hands: his fingers clawed at* the air... It was a pitiful thing to find fortunate, but at that point she would grab and claw at anything that could possibly brighten the atmosphere. He threw himself back in suffocating agony and began to claw desperately at his throat. She fell to her knees gasping for air, her hands clawing at her throat. 1.2 (claw one's way) Make one’s way with difficulty by hauling oneself forward with one’s hands: he clawed his way over a pile of bricks* figurative she was determined to claw her way out of* poverty and find fame... He has a number of technical limitations, but he makes up for it by scrapping and clawing his way forward. So I crawled, dragging myself over the ground, clawing my way forward because I couldn't bring myself to give up. Not wanting to go down without a fight, he continued to claw his way forward, continually hoping that he was heading the right direction. 1.3 [with object]* (claw something away) Try desperately to move or remove something with the hands: rescuers clawed away rubble with their bare hands... But he acrobatically clawed the shot away only for the rebound to be slapped over the line. How could I when you were practically clawing my hand away every time I tried to steal a bite? It was like pulling off a giant plaster, each hair being slowly ripped from my body, no matter how quickly she clawed the strip away to lessen the sting. 1.4 [with object] Scottish Scratch (a part of one’s body) gently so as to relieve itching. 2 [no object] Nautical (Of a sailing ship) beat to windward: the ability to claw off* a lee shore* Phrases get one's claws into Phrasal verbs claw something back Derivatives clawless adjective ... Indeed, before the season began, any resemblance between last year's fearsome Wildcats and this year's clawless kittens was supposed to be no more than fleeting fabrication and pure whimsy. She tried to scratch him with her clawless paws, but her attempt was enough to make him draw back. The fur color of the Cape clawless otter varies. Origin Old English clawu (noun), clawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch klauw and German Klaue. Rhymes abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your
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claw

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Phrasal verbs

Derivatives

clawless

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