| 单词 | claw |
| 释义 | claw UK [klɔ:] US [klɑ:] noun countable ■one of the sharp curved nails at the end of each of the toes of some animals and birds （某些兽类或鸟类的）爪，脚爪 •Our cat likes to sharpen ■one of the two pointed parts, used for holding things, at the end of the legs of some insects and sea creatures （某些昆虫、海洋动物的）螯，钳•Keep your fingers away from the crab's claws when you pick it up.抓螃蟹时，别用手指触碰它的钳子。 UK [klɔ:] US [klɑ:] noun countable get your claws into sb informal disapproving ■to find a way of influencing or controlling someone 让（某人）落入你的掌控之中 •If the loan company gets its claws into you, you'll still be paying off this debt when you're 50.要是落入了贷款公司的魔掌，那你到50岁的时候还在还债。 ■If a woman gets her claws into a man, she manages to start a relationship with him, often because she wants to control him or get something from him （女子）死死缠住（男人）•If she gets her claws into that young man, she'll ruin his political career.要是她对那年轻人死缠不放，会毁掉他的政治前途。 UK [klɔ:] US [klɑ:] verb intransitive or transitive ■to use claws to tear something or someone （用爪子）抓，撕，挠 •He was seriously injured when one of the lions clawed his back.他的后背被其中一只狮子严重抓伤了。 •When our cat is hungry, she starts clawing at UK [klɔ:] US [klɑ:] verb intransitive or transitive claw your way (somewhere) ■to move forwards with difficulty, especially by using stiff curved fingers to remove the things that are in your way （尤指用弯曲硬实的手指）扒出一条路前行，艰难地移动 •The rescuers could hear the sound of the trapped people desperately trying to claw their way through •figurative UK [klɔ:] US [klɑ:] verb intransitive or transitive Phrasal Verbs [M] claw sth back ■to get possession of something again with difficulty 费力夺回；设法捞回 •The airline is beginning to claw back some of the business it lost after the bomb explosion.航空公司开始着手夺回在炸弹爆炸事件后损失的一些业务。 ■mainly UK ■If the government, for example, claws back money, it takes money back in one way that it has already given in another way （政府）收回（款项） •We got a government grant for setting up our business, but they clawed it all back again in taxes.我们得到了一项政府拨款开办了公司，可是他们以税收的形式把钱全收回去了。 |
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