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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