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单词 grapple
释义 grapple
 —grappler,  n.  
 /grap"euhl/,  v.  , grappled, grappling,  n.  
  v.i.  
  1. to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
  2. to use a grapple.
  3. to seize another, or each other, in a firm grip, as in wrestling; clinch.
  4. to engage in a struggle or close encounter (usually fol. by with): He was grappling with a boy twice his size.
  5. to try to overcome or deal (usually fol. by with): to grapple with a problem.
  v.t.  
  6. to seize, hold, or fasten with or as with a grapple.
  7. to seize in a grip, take hold of: The thug grappled him around the neck.
  n.  
  8. a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another; grapnel.
  9. a seizing or gripping.
  10. a grip or close hold in wrestling or hand-to-hand fighting.
  11. a close, hand-to-hand fight.
 [1520-30; appar. a freq. of OE gegraeppian to seize; associated with GRAPNEL]
 Syn. 5. struggle, contend, wrestle, cope, tussle.
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