“grapple”在英语中的释义

verb

1. (transitive) To seize something and hold it firmly.

2. (intransitive) To wrestle or tussle.

3. (figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.

   • to grapple with one's conscience

noun

1. A close hand-to-hand struggle.

2. The act of grappling. (uncountable)

noun

1. A tool with claws or hooks which is used to catch or hold something.

verb

1. (transitive) To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.

   • Morgan recoiled, ready to fend off another attack, but the rope grappled him back against the fence.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).

3. (intransitive) To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).

   • After returning from the cable factory with another load of cable and repeaters, the buoy will be recovered or the rope grappled for. When the previous section is aboard the ship, transmission tests are made […]

4. (transitive, intransitive) To hook and raise with a grapple.

noun

1. (marketing) A combination of grape and apple flavors.