| 单词 | grasping |
| 释义 | grasping (once / 767 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY grasping: graspingly, graspings+/grasp: graspable, grasped, grasping, grasps/grasped: ungrasped USAGE EXAMPLES“I won’t even be able to bring this thing with me,” Long said, grasping the edge of the desk. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) People want to protect their way of life, and when they think it’s in danger they start grasping for more extreme-seeming alternatives. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) Bowl organizers, meanwhile, were left grasping to seem relevant when the best players didn’t care enough about them to participate. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) 1adj immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth a grasping old miser grasping commercialism Syn avaricious, covetous, grabby, greedy, prehensile acquisitive eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas 2n the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) Syn|Hypo|Hyper prehension, seizing, taking hold clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold the act of grasping choke hold, chokeholda restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind embrace, embracement, embracingthe act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) wrestling holda hold used in the sport of wrestling control the activity of managing or exerting control over something 3n understanding with difficulty the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings Hyper apprehension, discernment, savvy, understanding the cognitive condition of someone who understands |
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