| 释义 |
lay hold of (or on)Catch or gain possession of: he was afraid she might vanish if he did not lay hold of her...- But lay hold on this inescapable fact - one day, all death will be abolished.
- This is what the author is clearly reaching out for in this section, but does not fully lay hold of.
- ‘In all the districts I visited every opportunity of collecting the folk-lore was laid hold of, and a good deal of it […] was gathered ’.
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