单词:grapples
n a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
n the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
v come to terms with
v to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
grapple的用法和样例:
例句
- The fisherman tried to grapple the urn which was floating down the river,but failed.渔夫想抓住顺流漂下的罐子,可是没抓住。
- She grappled with her assailant but her husband got away.她与袭击者扭打,而她丈夫却逃走了。
- He did all he could to grapple with the enemy.他奋力与敌人拼杀。
- He has been grappling with the problem for a long time.他长期以来一直努力解决该问题。
- Use your grapple to grab building parts and weapons.用你的抓钩去抓起建筑物品和武器。
- In his grapple with the small unit he can pretty well count on not being bluffed.敌军在与我军小股部队交战中,几乎可以指望自己不上当。
- This was the context in which the United States attempted to grapple with the dynamics of the Soviet system.这就是美国试图同苏维埃制度的原动力搏斗的来龙去脉。
词汇搭配
- grapple with格斗
- log grapple抓木器
- three-tine grapple三叉抓斗
- grapple fork抓钩叉子
- grapple equipped crane锚固式起重机...
- grapple bucket抓斗器
- sugarcane grapple装甘蔗抓斗
- automatic grapple fork自动干草叉
- grapple dredger抓斗式挖泥船...
- grapple dredge抓斗式挖,泥机...
- grappling iron抓钩
- grappling hook爪钩
经典引文
The English..grappled their own boats to the French with hooks and chains.
出自:P. WarnerTo locate the wreck, grapple it and fix its position.
出自:Daily TelegraphNever to be torn from thence, but with those holds that grapple it to life.
出自:fig.
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