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

grasp /gräsp/

transitive verb

To seize and hold

To take eagerly

To comprehend

intransitive verb

To endeavour to seize (with at or after)

To seize or accept eagerly (with at)

noun

Grip

Power of seizing

Mental power of apprehension

ORIGIN: ME graspen, grapsen, from the root of grāpian to grope

graspˈable adjective

graspˈer noun

graspˈing adjective

Seizing

Avaricious

graspˈingly adverb

graspˈingness noun

graspˈless adjective

Feeble, relaxed

grasp the nettle see under nettle¹

nettle¹ /netˈl/

noun

Any of various common weeds (genus Urtica) with stinging hairs
Any of several similar plants, such as hemp-nettle

transitive verb

To sting (obsolete)
To annoy

ORIGIN: OE netele; Ger Nessel

nettˈlelike adjective

nettˈlesome adjective

Irritable
Causing irritation

nettˈly adjective

nettˈle-cell noun

A nematocyst

nettˈle-cloth noun

Cloth of nettle-fibre
Thick japanned cotton

nettˈle-fish noun

A jellyfish

nettle rash noun

Urticaria, a rash of itchy red or white weals, usu the symptom of an allergy (also called hives)

nettˈle-tree noun

A tree of the elm family (genus Celtis), with nettle-shaped leaves, edible drupes, and wood good for turning
A tropical and Australian tree (genus Laportea) of the nettle family, with virulently stinging leaves

dead-nettle see under dead

grasp the nettle

To set about an unpleasant task, duty, etc with firmness and resolution

hemp-nettle see under hemp

grasp /gräsp/

nettle1 /netˈl/

nettle¹ /netˈl/