单词 | to grab hold of |
释义 | > as lemmasto grab hold of 1. transitive. To grasp or seize suddenly and eagerly; hence, to appropriate to oneself in a rapacious or unscrupulous manner. to grab hold of (cf. hold n.1 2). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp > quickly or suddenly cleeka1400 nipa1500 grab1589 snatch1590 snap1688 scrab1890 the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > unscrupulously or rapaciously wipec1000 scamble1599 ruffle1608 scramble1647 grab1801 1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 674 To Grabbe, or grabble, vide to graple. 1801 A. Wilson Let. 7 Aug. in Poems & Lit. Prose (1876) I. 86 Old..witches..butter from churns are eternally grabbing. 1820 J. W. Croker in S. Smiles Publisher & Friends (1891) II. xxiii. 86 I will go to the Museum and grab them, as my betters have done before me. 1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere xviii. 164 He grabbed it hard and fast. 1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic cvii How did it happen that gross Humbug grabbed Thy weapons? 1881 Macmillan's Mag. 45 39 Little dark-brown creatures..armed each with four needle-like talons, ready to grab cruelly the hand put within reach. 1888 Times (Weekly ed.) 21 Dec. 16/3 You had done what is called ‘grab’ that land. 1894 Forum (N.Y.) Dec. 401 John Bull is not habitually slow to run up his flag on any available spot he may safely grab. 1894 A. Conan Doyle Mem. Sherlock Holmes 123 The fellows evidently grabbed hold of anything they could get. 1900 A. E. Bayly & W. Briscoe Chrons. Country Cricket Club (1908) x. 111 I was walking outside the cricket grounds and you grabbed hold of me. < as lemmas |
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