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

单词	grapple
释义	grap·ple I. \ˈgrapəl\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle French grappelle, diminutive of grappe, grape hook — more at grape 1. a. : an instrument with iron claws designed to be thrown by a rope and formerly used especially to fasten an enemy ship alongside before boarding b. : grapnel 2 2. [grapple (II) ] a. : the act of grappling or the state of being grappled < such scathful grapple did he make with the most noble bottom of our fleet — Shakespeare > b. : a hand-to-hand struggle < rose … fresh from his fall and fiercer grapple joined — John Milton > c. : a contest for superiority or victory < a final grapple with ecclesiastical tyranny — Edward Miall > 3. : a bucket similar to a clamshell but having three or more jaws II. verb (grappled ; grappled ; grappling \-p(ə)liŋ\ ; grapples) *transitive verb* 1. : to seize, hold, or drag with or as if with a grapple < wished to grapple this vessel and take it — Charlotte M. Yonge > < grappled the river bottom for broken chains — James Dugan > 2. : to come to grips with : grasp with the hands : take hold of < Junior, aged four, grappling the family mutt with a wrestler's stranglehold — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News > < grappled me to him with both arms … and hugged me — R.P.Warren > 3. : to fasten, join, or bind with a close bond < those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel — Shakespeare > *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to fasten oneself firmly with or as if with a grapple < the piece of ice we grappled to — Francis Smith > b. : to make fast one's ship by means of a grapple — used with with < grapple with the enemy's ships and board them — Edward Edwards > 2. : to come to grips : engage in hand-to-hand encounter : contend in close combat < grappled and commenced wrestling — John Doran > < grappling wildly with a big tough — Robert Westerby > 3. : to move the hands in or as if in grasping : grope < grappled about the floor among the dead bodies — Thomas Lodge > 4. : to attempt to deal : cope — used with with < didn't grapple with any national problem until it was forced upon his attention — F.L.Allen > < many poets, playwrights and novelists have grappled with the subject — Howard Taubman > 5. : to use a grapple (as in searching) < grappled in deep water for the missing safe > Synonyms: see wrestle
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