claw

英[klɔː] 美[klɔ]

近义词

反义词

复数: claws;第三人称单数: claws;过去式: clawed;过去分词: clawed;现在分词: clawing;

claw 爪子

来自PIE*skel,弯，钩，词源同close,scoliosis（脊柱侧弯）。

claw (n.): Old English clawu, earlier clea, "claw, talon, iron hook," from Proto-Germanic *klawo (cognates: Old Frisian klawe "claw, hoe," Middle Dutch klouwe, Dutch klauw, Old High German klawa, German Klaue "claw"). Claw-foot in reference to furniture is from 1823; claw-and-ball attested from 1893. Claw-hammer attested from 1769.
claw (v.): Old English clawian "to scratch, claw," from the same root as claw (n.). Related: Clawed; clawing. Compare Dutch klaauwen, Old High German klawan, German klauen. To claw back"regain by great effort" is from 1953; as a noun, an act of this, from 1969.

1. The dogs continued to paw and claw frantically at the chain mesh.: 那些狗继续用爪子疯狂地抓铁丝网。

2. It has three pairs of legs, each ending in a large claw.: 它有3对腿，每条腿上都有一只巨爪。

3. The Chancellor will try to claw back £3.5 billion in next year's Budget.: 财政大臣在明年的预算中将争取收回35亿英镑。

4. They will eventually be able to claw back all or most of the debt.: 他们最终能捞回全部或大部分的债务。

5. In the meantime his generals will want to claw back some of their old influence.: 与此同时，他的将军们还想东山再起。