claw

CET-4 高中 FREQ #7964 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 爪, 螯, 抓伤 v. 用爪抓, 挖, 搜刮

发音

US /klɔ/
UK /klɔː/

词形变化

claws 复数 claws clawed clawest claweth clawing claws 三单 clawing 现在分词 clawed 过去式 clawed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

爪;螯,钳;爪形器具

a sharp curved nail on an animal, bird, or some insects

动词

用爪抓(或挖)

to tear or pull at something, using claws or your fingers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.

    爪子

  2. 2.

    A foot equipped with such.

  3. 3.

    The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.

  4. 4.

    A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.

    钳子

  5. 5.

    A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.

    生物 植物学
  6. 6.

    A human fingernail, particularly one extending well beyond the fingertip.

    非正式
  7. 7.

    The act of catching a ball overhand.

    艺术 体育
  8. 8.

    A tree with one internal vertex and three leaves.

    数学
v.
  1. 1.

    To scratch or to tear at.

  2. 2.

    To use the claws to seize, to grip.

  3. 3.

    To use the claws to climb.

  4. 4.

    To perform a claw catch.

    艺术 体育
  5. 5.

    To relieve an uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching (someone or something); hence (figuratively), to flatter or humour (someone); to court, to fawn on.

    废旧 及物
  6. 6.

    To rail at, revile, or scold (someone or something).

    废旧 及物
  7. 7.

    To do (something) quickly.

    废旧 及物
  8. 8.

    To move with one's fingertips.

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

From Middle English clawe, from Old English clawu, from Proto-Germanic *klawō. Compare West Frisian klau, Dutch klauw, German Klaue, Danish klo, Norwegian klo, and Swedish klo.

来源:wiktionary