claw

英 [kl??] 美[kl?]

CET4TEM4考研CET6低頻詞常用詞匯

復數:?claws;第三人稱單數:?claws;過去式:?clawed;過去分詞:?clawed;現在分詞:?clawing;

claw 爪子

來自PIE*skel,彎，鉤，詞源同close,scoliosis（脊柱側彎）。

claw (n.): Old English clawu, earlier clea, "claw, talon, iron hook," from Proto-Germanic *klawo (cognates: Old Frisian klawe "claw, hoe," Middle Dutch klouwe, Dutch klauw, Old High German klawa, German Klaue "claw"). Claw-foot in reference to furniture is from 1823; claw-and-ball attested from 1893. Claw-hammer attested from 1769.
claw (v.): Old English clawian "to scratch, claw," from the same root as claw (n.). Related: Clawed; clawing. Compare Dutch klaauwen, Old High German klawan, German klauen. To claw back"regain by great effort" is from 1953; as a noun, an act of this, from 1969.

1. The dogs continued to paw and claw frantically at the chain mesh.: 那些狗繼續用爪子瘋狂地抓鐵絲網。

2. It has three pairs of legs, each ending in a large claw.: 它有3對腿，每條腿上都有一只巨爪。

3. The Chancellor will try to claw back ￡3.5 billion in next year's Budget.: 財政大臣在明年的預算中將爭取收回35億英鎊。

4. They will eventually be able to claw back all or most of the debt.: 他們最終能撈回全部或大部分的債務。

5. In the meantime his generals will want to claw back some of their old influence.: 與此同時，他的將軍們還想東山再起。