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TOEFL BNC: 8058 COCA: 6934

claw

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Related topics: Animals, Birds, Tools
claw1 /klɔː $ klɒː/ ●●○ noun [countableC]
1  cub.jpg HBAHBBa sharp curved nail on an animal, bird, or some insects 〔動物、鳥或有些昆蟲的〕爪，螯
The cat dug his claws into my leg.
貓的爪子抓進了我的腿中。
lobster claws
龍蝦的螯
→4  See picture of 見圖 BIG CAT
2  get your claws into somebody 
a) MARRYif someone gets their claws into another person, they influence them in a harmful way 對某人施加壞的影響
The thought of Eloise getting her claws into the child made his blood run cold.
一想到埃洛伊絲把魔爪伸向這孩子，他就不寒而栗。
b) UNPLEASANTto say unpleasant things about someone in order to upset them 攻擊某人，中傷某人
Wait till the papers get their claws into him.
等着報界來罵他吧。
3  TZthe curved end of a tool or machine, used for lifting things 爪形夾具；〔機械的〕爪
a claw hammer
拔釘錘
Examples from the Corpus
claw• Bellowing, the thing was trying to reach over the stair-rail with its other encrusted, decomposing claw.• Blackberry almost drove Pipkin on to it with his claws.• We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws.• His arms are wrapped in a white winding cloth, and the claws of a dead chicken hang near his head.• This is because the claws have so many important functions in the life of a cat.• They let the claw go each year and it grows back as big as ever.• Usually the Daemon in that card snarled with bared fangs and reached out with wicked claws.• Dianne Wiest has her moments, though, as a fluffy gangster's moll with claws of steel.
claw2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
1  PULLto tear or pull at something, using claws or your fingers 〔用爪或手指〕抓，撕
claw at
The cat keeps clawing at the rug.
貓不停地用爪子抓地毯。
2  claw your way to try very hard to reach a place or position, using a lot of effort and determination 奮力前進；努力爭取
claw your way up/along/back etc
He clawed his way forward inch by inch.
他艱難地一點一點往前爬。
Benson clawed his way back into the lead.
本森奮力拼搏，又奪回了領先地位。
Examples from the Corpus
claw your way• He will probe unceasingly for loopholes by which to claw his way back to his prewar stature.• She was still clawing her way out of her first marriage, not thinking about the next, as I was.• This was the early-eighties and Britain was clawing its way out of recession on the back of a demand-led boom.• There was not a man present who had not stepped over bodies of rivals to claw his way to his present position.• She was there as her son clawed his way up from the post-coma cognitive level of a 2-year-old.• In the next seven years, Assad clawed his way up the ladder until he emerged as sole leader in 1970.• The vine clawed its way up the wall at the end.• You have to really work and claw your way up there.
3 claw something ↔ back phrasal verbphr v 
a) GETto get back something that you had lost, by trying very hard 奪回，撈回；設法挽回
The company has managed to claw back its share of the market.
該公司設法奪回了自己的市場份額。
b) British EnglishBrEPET if a government or organization claws back money it has given to people, it takes it back 〔政府或機構〕收回〔已給出的錢〕
Examples from the Corpus
claw back• One quality Oxford possessed in abundance, though, was spirit, which enabled them to claw their way back.• But shares clawed their way back and by the close the fall had been cut to 10.2 points at 2,289.2.• Crowther clawed his way back and clinched the fifth.• Her fingers clawed his back, her mouth covered his, her tongue darted down his throat.• Topaz clawed Andrew's back, silently begging him to satisfy the ravenous craving within her which was reaching unbearable proportions.• He will probe unceasingly for loopholes by which to claw his way back to his prewar stature.
Examples from the Corpus
claw• Their dog clawed all the paint off the doors.• Forgetting the pain clawing at her maltreated ankle, Luce stared unbelievingly at a head and shoulders portrait of herself.• Marian's two-year-old toddler was clawing at her skirt.• The cat shifted about on his lap, clawed at the woolen nubs of his trousers.• She was there as her son clawed his way up from the post-coma cognitive level of a 2-year-old.• Benedettini clawed the ball out with his right hand, but a linesman raised his flag to indicate a goal.• Something in his face fought, clawed, was smothered.• You have to really work and claw your way up there.
claw at• The cat's been clawing at the furniture again.
From Longman Business Dictionary
clawclaw /klɔːklɒː/ verb
→ claw back
Origin claw1
Old English clawu
claw1 nounclaw2 verb
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TOEFL BNC: 8058 COCA: 6934
claw

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CLAW | CLAW + VERB | CLAW + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤razor-sharp, sharp十分鋒利的爪子；利爪◇a cat with sharp claws有利爪的貓➤curved鈎狀的爪子➤large, long大爪子；長爪子▸➤powerful, strong強有力的腳爪➤retractable能伸縮的腳爪VERB + CLAW➤sharpen磨利腳爪▸➤dig, sink將腳爪嵌入◇The tiger dug its claws into his leg.老虎把爪子嵌進他的腿裏。➤bare, show露出腳爪◇The lion growled and showed its claws.獅子咆哮起來，露出了爪子。➤extend, flex伸出／彎曲爪子▸➤retract縮起腳爪CLAW + VERB➤dig into sth爪子嵌進⋯➤rake腳爪刨CLAW + NOUN➤mark爪印PREPOSITION➤in sb's claws在⋯的爪下◇The cat held a bird in its claws.貓爪子下按着一隻鳥。
TOEFL BNC: 8058 COCA: 6934
claw adj.
⇨ scratch 2
TOEFL BNC: 8058 COCA: 6934
claw
Animal body parts: anatomical, anatomy, antler...
Parts of machines and machinery: ancillary, ball bearing, bearing...
Parts of tools: attachment, bit, blade...
To attack a person or object: attack, assault, set on...
Animal behaviour: beach, bite, bite...
To try to hold something: catch, catch at, claw...

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