grab

英 [gr?b] 美[ɡr?b]

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復(fù)數(shù):?grabs;第三人稱單數(shù):?grabs;過去式:?grabbed;過去分詞:?grabbed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?grabbing;

grab 抓住

來自PIE*ghrebh, 抓住，夠到，詞源同grasp.來自PIE*ger的擴(kuò)大形式，圍，集中，詞源同cram, aggregate.

grab: grab: [16] Grab is a Germanic word. It was probably borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German grabben. These were descendants of a prehistoric Germanic *grab-, which could well have been related to the *graip-, *grip- which produced grip, gripe, and grope.
=> grip, gripe, grope
grab (v.): "seize forcibly or roughly," 1580s, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German grabben "to grab," from Proto-Germanic *grab-, *grap- (cognates: Old English gr?ppian "to seize," Old Saxon garva, Old High German garba "sheaf," literally "that which is gathered up together"), from PIE *ghrebh- (1) "to seize, reach" (cognates: Sanskrit grbhnati "seizes," Old Persian grab- "seize" as possession or prisoner, Old Church Slavonic grabiti "to seize, rob," Lithuanian grebiu "to rake"). Sense of "to get by unscrupulous methods" was reinforced by grab game, a kind of swindle, attested from 1846. Related: Grabbed; grabbing.
grab (n.): 1777, "thing grabbed;" 1824, "act of grabbing, a sudden grasp or seizing" from grab (v.). Up for grabs attested from 1945 in jive talk.

2. He edged closer to the telephone, ready to grab it.: 他慢慢挪向電話機(jī)，準(zhǔn)備抓起聽筒。

3. I grab George'sarm and dig my nails into his flesh.: 我抓住喬治的胳膊，指甲摳進(jìn)了他的肉里。

5. Those who seek to grab power through violence deserve punishment.: 企圖通過暴力奪權(quán)的人理應(yīng)受到懲罰.