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grappling 音標拼音: [gr'æplɪŋ] [gr'æpəlɪŋ] 抓機; 錨定 抓機; 錨定 grappling n 1: the act of engaging in close hand- to- hand combat; " they had a fierce wrestle"; " we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully" [ synonym: { wrestle}, { wrestling}, { grapple}, { grappling}, { hand- to- hand struggle}] 2: the sport of hand- to- hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down [ synonym: { wrestling}, { rassling}, { grappling}] Grapple \ Grap" ple\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Grappled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Grappling}.] [ F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German origin. See { Grape}.] 1. To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly. [ 1913 Webster] The gallies were grappled to the Centurion. -- Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster] Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Grappling \ Grap" pling\, n. 1. A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] { Grappling iron}, a hooked iron used for grappling and holding fast a vessel or other object. { Grappling tongs}, broad- mouthed tongs for gathering oysters. [ 1913 Webster]
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