| 单词 | glom |
| 释义 | glom (once / 128471 pages) v To figuratively grab or seize something is to glom onto it. A local newspaper might simply glom onto whatever stories the larger national papers are covering. While you can also use glom to simply mean "steal," as when a pickpocket gloms your wallet in the subway, today we often use this verb to describe a kind of latching on to an idea, issue, or topic. If polls show most voters care about income inequality, every single candidate is likely to glom onto this theme in some way. The "steal" meaning is oldest, an American word borrowed from the Scottish glaum. WORD FAMILYglom: gloming, glommed, glomming, gloms USAGE EXAMPLESBusinesses have glommed on to pop-ups in particular, which help them reach more customers while wearing the mantle of civic responsibility. Washington Post(Oct 27, 2016) The high today is 50, but that’s a foolish number to glom onto. New York Times(Oct 26, 2016) “Mr. Trump has glommed on to some issues that are very important,” he said. New York Times(Oct 26, 2016) 1v seize upon or latch onto something The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater Hyper acquire, get come into the possession of something concrete or abstract 2v take by theft Syn|Hyper cop, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve steal take without the owner's consent |
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