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单词 claw
释义

claw

noun
/klɔː/
/klɔː/
Idioms
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    one of the sharp curved nails on the end of an animal’s or a bird’s foot
    • The cat lashed out with its claws.
    Extra Examples
    • The lion growled and showed its claws.
    • The tiger dug its claws into his leg.
    • a cat with sharp claws
    Topics Animalsc1, Birdsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • razor-sharp
    • sharp
    • curved
    verb + claw
    • sharpen
    • dig
    • sink
    claw + verb
    • dig into something
    • rake
    claw + noun
    • mark
    preposition
    • in somebody’s claws
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    a long, sharp curved part of the body of some types of shellfish, used for catching and holding things
    • the claws of a crab
    Topics Fish and shellfishc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • razor-sharp
    • sharp
    • curved
    verb + claw
    • sharpen
    • dig
    • sink
    claw + verb
    • dig into something
    • rake
    claw + noun
    • mark
    preposition
    • in somebody’s claws
    See full entry
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    part of a tool or machine, like a claw, used for holding, pulling or lifting things
    see also claw hammer
  4. Word OriginOld English clawu (noun), clawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch klauw and German Klaue.
Idioms
get your claws into somebody (informal)
  1. (disapproving) if a woman gets her claws into a man, she tries hard to make him marry her or to have a relationship with her
    • She’s really got her claws into you!
  2. to criticize somebody severely
    • Wait until the media gets its claws into her.
red in tooth and claw
  1. involving opposition or competition that is violent and without sympathy
    • nature, red in tooth and claw

claw

verb
/klɔː/
/klɔː/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they claw
/klɔː/
/klɔː/
he / she / it claws
/klɔːz/
/klɔːz/
past simple clawed
/klɔːd/
/klɔːd/
past participle clawed
/klɔːd/
/klɔːd/
-ing form clawing
/ˈklɔːɪŋ/
/ˈklɔːɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. to scratch or tear somebody/something with claws or with your nails
    • claw at somebody/something The cat was clawing at the leg of the chair.
    • She screamed and clawed at his eyes.
    • (figurative) Branches clawed at her hair.
    • claw somebody/something She had clawed Stephen across the face.
    • (figurative) His hands clawed the air.
    • She flew at him, clawing blindly with her nails.
    Word OriginOld English clawu (noun), clawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch klauw and German Klaue.
Idioms
claw your way back, into something, out of something, to something, etc.
  1. to gradually achieve something or move somewhere by being determined and using a lot of effort
    • She clawed her way to the top of her profession.
    • Slowly, he clawed his way out from under the collapsed building.
    Topics Successc2
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