亚洲网紅露点

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grapple

[ grap-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

grappled, grappling.
  1. to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
  2. to use a grapple.
  3. to seize another, or each other, in a firm grip, as in wrestling; clinch.
  4. to engage in a struggle or close encounter (usually followed by with ):

    He was grappling with a boy twice his size.

  5. to try to overcome or deal (usually followed by with ):

    to grapple with a problem.

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verb (used with object)

grappled, grappling.
  1. to seize, hold, or fasten with or as with a grapple.
  2. to seize in a grip, take hold of:

    The thug grappled him around the neck.

noun

  1. a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another; grapnel.
  2. a seizing or gripping.
  3. a grip or close hold in wrestling or hand-to-hand fighting.
  4. a close, hand-to-hand fight.

grapple

/ 藞伞谤忙辫蓹濒 /

verb

  1. to come to grips with (one or more persons), esp to struggle in hand-to-hand combat
  2. intrfoll bywith to cope or contend

    to grapple with a financial problem

  3. tr to secure with a grapple
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. any form of hook or metal instrument by which something is secured, such as a grapnel
    1. the act of gripping or seizing, as in wrestling
    2. a grip or hold
  2. a contest of grappling, esp a wrestling match
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞驳谤补辫辫濒别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 驳谤补辫顎僷濒别谤 noun
  • 颈苍顎卼别谤路驳谤补辫顎僷濒别 verb intergrappled intergrappling
  • 耻苍路驳谤补辫顎僷濒别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of grapple1

1520鈥30; apparently a frequentative of Old English 驳别驳谤牵辫辫颈补苍 to seize; associated with grapnel
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of grapple1

C16: from Old French grappelle a little hook, from grape hook; see grapnel
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"The apology that they've given I don't think has grappled enough with the gravity of what they said," added Mr Cox.

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