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单词 gripe
释义 gripe
I. \ˈgrīp\ verb
(griped ; griped ; griping ; gripes)
Etymology: Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan; akin to Old High German grīfan to seize, grasp, Old Norse grīpa, Gothic greipan to seize, grasp, Lithuanian griebti to reach for, grasp
transitive verb
1.
 a. archaic : to take, seize, or come forcibly into possession or control of
 b. : to come to have and to hold tightly or penuriously
  < griping his ill-gotten gains >
 c. : to grasp, clutch, or hold onto tightly
  < griping his sword fast >
 d. obsolete : to enclose tightly
2. : afflict: as
 a. : to distress, hurt, or grieve by or as if by grasping or seizing tightly
  < may the fiend gripe his entrails — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
 b. : to oppress by want, penury, or callous grasping exaction
  < the poverty that gripes the very poor >
  < in the clutches of a griping sweatshop operator >
 c. : irritate, anger, vex
  < a rookie griped by army regulations >
  < griped by the new income-tax provisions >
3. : to cause pinching and spasmodic pain in the bowels of
intransitive verb
1. archaic : to try to clutch : start to lay hold
2. : to experience griping pains
3. of a ship : to tend to come up into the wind abnormally especially so as to require the helm to be continually put up when sailing close-hauled
4. : to complain usually forcefully : object and criticize with sustained grumbling
 < griping about food in the mess hall >
 < gripe at the new regulations >
Synonyms: see complain
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from gripen, v.
1. : the act of griping, clutching, or taking fast hold : firm seizure or grasp; broadly : control, mastery
 < a barren scepter in my gripe — Shakespeare >
2.
 a. : cruel exaction : oppression : pinching distress : affliction
 b. : complaint, grumbling
3. : a pinching spasmodic intestinal pain — usually used in plural
4. : something adapted to be grasped : handle, grip
5.
 a. : something that can be grasped in the hand : handful
 b. obsolete : the hand as a gripping instrument
6. : a device (as a brake) for grasping or holding
7.
 a. : a timber sometimes scarfed into the forefoot and stem of a wooden ship for additional strength; broadly : forefoot 2
 b. : the forward end of the dished keel of a steel ship to which the stem is attached
 c. gripes plural : canvas bands and fastenings securing a lifeboat in its cradle
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin grypus, gryphus — more at griffin
1. obsolete : griffin 1a
2. archaic : vulture 1
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