grasped

/grasp, grahsp/US // græsp, grɑsp //UK // (ɡrɑːsp) //

抓住了,掌握了,抓紧,掌握的

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- : to seize upon; hold firmly.
- : to get hold of mentally; comprehend; understand: I don't grasp your meaning.

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to make an attempt to seize, or a motion of seizing, something: a drowning man grasping at straws; to grasp for an enemy's rifle.

n.名词 noun

1
- : the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms: to make a grasp at something.
- : a hold or grip: to have a firm grasp of a rope.

Phrases

grasp at straws
get a fix on (grasp of)

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbgrab

Synonyms

clasp扣住,扣住了,扣住不放,抱箍 clutch离合器,离合,攥紧,攥住 grip抓紧时间,抓牢,抓紧,握住 bag袋子,袋,包包,包 catch接住,抓住,捕捉,捕获 clinch缔结合同,缔结协议,缔结契约,缔结协议的 collar项圈,衣领,领子,颈圈 corral畜栏,围栏,畜舍,护栏

Examples

Global vaccination must be done in a brief time frame to make sure the virus doesn’t significantly mutate and thus evade our grasp.
A playoff berth — a distant thought as of a month ago, even with the league’s generous number of invitations — was within grasp.
Terry McLaurin turned a 20-yard catch into Smith’s first touchdown pass since 2018 when he broke from the grasp of three defenders, kept from tumbling with an outstretched hand on the ground and raced another 48 yards to the end zone.
In sending machines to other worlds, even to other stars, we have no choice but to fully admit our inaccuracies and imprecisions, to be entirely, brutally honest about our limited grasp of what’s out there.
It needs new voices at the table, new narratives, and a better grasp of what value creation means.
The two men spoke for 52 minutes—much longer than many observers expected—and at the end grasped hands in a warm embrace.
Most of black America grasped immediately that a boy was dead from those prejudices.
His voice broke, but he grasped my hand, saying, “Courage, Alec.”
President Obama and congressional Democrats seem to have finally grasped this fact, and are learning how to deal with them.
But what she grasped better than so many Ph.D.s was the role that emotion and human frailties played in the sweep of history.
He held it, but it was without pressure; without recognizance of the delight with which he once grasped it.
I sprang forward to leap after her, but hands me and flung me back so violently that I fell down on the platform.

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grasped

/grasp, grahsp/US // græsp, grɑsp //UK // (ɡrɑːsp) //

抓住了,掌握了,抓紧,掌握的

Related Words

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- : to seize upon; hold firmly.
- : to get hold of mentally; comprehend; understand: I don't grasp your meaning.

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to make an attempt to seize, or a motion of seizing, something: a drowning man grasping at straws; to grasp for an enemy's rifle.

n.名词 noun

1
- : the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms: to make a grasp at something.
- : a hold or grip: to have a firm grasp of a rope.

Phrases

grasp at straws
get a fix on (grasp of)

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbgrab

Synonyms

Examples

Global vaccination must be done in a brief time frame to make sure the virus doesn’t significantly mutate and thus evade our grasp.
A playoff berth — a distant thought as of a month ago, even with the league’s generous number of invitations — was within grasp.
Terry McLaurin turned a 20-yard catch into Smith’s first touchdown pass since 2018 when he broke from the grasp of three defenders, kept from tumbling with an outstretched hand on the ground and raced another 48 yards to the end zone.
In sending machines to other worlds, even to other stars, we have no choice but to fully admit our inaccuracies and imprecisions, to be entirely, brutally honest about our limited grasp of what’s out there.
It needs new voices at the table, new narratives, and a better grasp of what value creation means.
The two men spoke for 52 minutes—much longer than many observers expected—and at the end grasped hands in a warm embrace.
Most of black America grasped immediately that a boy was dead from those prejudices.
His voice broke, but he grasped my hand, saying, “Courage, Alec.”
President Obama and congressional Democrats seem to have finally grasped this fact, and are learning how to deal with them.
But what she grasped better than so many Ph.D.s was the role that emotion and human frailties played in the sweep of history.
He held it, but it was without pressure; without recognizance of the delight with which he once grasped it.
I sprang forward to leap after her, but hands me and flung me back so violently that I fell down on the platform.

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