Gripe
[graɪp] or [ɡraɪp]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) informal terms for objecting; 'I have a gripe about the service here'.
(verb.) complain; 'What was he hollering about?'.
亚伦編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A vulture; the griffin.
(v. t.) To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
(v. t.) To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
(v. t.) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.
(v. i.) To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
(v. i.) To suffer griping pains.
(v. i.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.
(n.) Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
(n.) That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.
(n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
(n.) Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
(n.) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
(n.) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
(n.) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
(n.) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.
編輯:纽曼
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Seize, clutch, grasp, clasp, snatch, lay hold of.[2]. Press, compress, squeeze, pinch, hold fast.[3]. Pain, distress, pinch, straighten, give pain to.
n. [1]. Grasp, clutch, hold, seizure.[2]. Affliction, distress, griping, pinching.
埃德加整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Grasp, seize, clutch, gnaw, pain, squeeze, screw, pinch, lay_hold_of
ANT:Abandon, relax, soothe, ease, relieve
整理:理查德
例句/造句/用法:
- Show me the monarch whose angry frown was ever feared like the glare of a madman's eye--whose cord and axe were ever half so sure as a madman's gripe. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- In each hand he seemed as if he would have liked to clutch one and gripe her to death. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- This morning the pang of waking snatched me out of bed like a hand with a giant's gripe. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- She felt no fear in speaking to him, though he hurt her arm with his gripe, and wild gleams came across the stupidity of his eyes. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- He shook Mr. Thornton vehemently by the hand, until the gripe ended in a sudden relaxation, for the hand was wanted to wipe away tears. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- He is jealous of the truncheon which he holds in his trembling gripe, and he knows thou stretchest thy bold hand towards it. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Our mailed step shall ascend their throne--our gauntlet shall wrench the sceptre from their gripe. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- So, even while he was their griping taskmaster and never gave them a good word, he had written their names down in his will. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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