Definition of claw in English:

claw

noun klɔːklɔ

1A curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals.
（鸟类蜥蜴及某些哺乳动物的）爪，脚爪
Example sentencesExamples
- In mammals, alpha-keratin is found in hair, bristles, hooves, nails, and claws as well as in soft skin.
- The limbs are only moderately long, and the feet are narrow, with four main digits and short claws.
- Like many other rodents, all squirrels have five functional toes on the hindfeet and four on the forefeet, with a well-developed claw on each digit.
- His hands are the same, long, clever fingers, five of them, with webbing stretched between and ending in wicked, slightly curved, claws.
- But those don't look like cat claw marks.
- A bird's claw was gripping the end of the hilt.
- Stalls sold everything from dried lizards and birds' claws to spanners, nails and toothpaste.
- The Cape clawless otter derives its name from the fact that there are no claws on the digits.
- They have 5 digits, each with long and sharp claws, the third claw being especially well developed.
- Birds that cling to and climb the sides of trees, like woodpeckers and nuthatches, have strongly curved claws.
- The creature's claws were as curved like scythes, and as long as long swords.
- His tail was wrapped around the pipe to hold himself steady and his claws were curved and elongated to hold him fast.
- Lured into a folk chemist, I ducked beneath lizard claws and snake skins, dodged the birds' feet and goat horns.
- Without glue, suction, or claws, these lizards scamper up walls and hang from ceilings.
- Yet these earlier birds did not possess claws on their wings or teeth in their beaks.
- The cat jumped to a height of two metres or more, hooked the bird with the claws of one outstretched paw and brought it crashing down to earth.
- He lunged at me, diving down like an eagle towards a fish in the stream, extending longer and deadlier claws than any bird of prey could boast of.
- He was also presented with a special ceremonial stick with a real eagle's claw attached.
- All digits have claws, which are not large but are very sharp.
- The unguals are curved and taper to a sharp point, indicating that the digits terminated in distinct claws.
Synonyms
nail, talon
technical unguis
rare pounce
1. 1.1 Either of a pair of small hooked appendages on an insect's foot.
  钩爪（昆虫足部的小附肢）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Since the claw flexor muscle in insects has no antagonist, claws and arolium are moved back by elastic recoil of stretched exocuticle.
  In other words, they can grab a piece of food with the little claws on their feet, taste it, then bring it up to their mouth and taste it again.
  To hold on, insects, including ants, rely on small claws or on sticky foot secretions.
2. 1.2 The pincer of a crab, scorpion, or other arthropod.
  （蟹、蝎子等节肢动物的）钳，螯
  Example sentencesExamples
  They look like scorpions without tail or claws, and they live from animals' droppings.
  The smoker returned in time for the special starter of fresh crab meat with crab claws.
  The lamb is divine, and the feast includes crab claws, soup, homemade scones and rhubarb tart.
  For starters, we were unable to resist the crab claws with prawn meat stuffing - pricey at £5, but they sounded delicious.
  Male fiddler crabs have one claw much larger than the other, which they use to signal to each other.
  She was slightly less pleased with her crab and prawn thermidor, having expected a dish of crab claws and prawns rather than the tasty stew topped with crumble she received.
  Add the crab claws and the remaining spring onions, stir well and bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
  The shop also has a wide range of seafood including tiger prawns, mussels, sea bream and breaded crab claws.
  Six large white and pink peeled crab claws were placed on the plate, basted with oil that made them shiny and enticing.
  Before picking up a crab, we detached attached males by carefully pushing their claws off the females' terminal spines.
  Season the lobster claws and sauté on both sides until warmed through, about three minutes.
  In some chelicerates, such as scorpions and some eurypterids, the pedipalps are modified into large claws.
  The fiery broth is overflowing with tender calamari, a crab claw, shrimp, chunks of fish and one impeccable scallop.
  Top with the meat of one lobster claw and knuckle and half of one lobster tail.
  The male fiddler crab bangs territorial warnings into the sand with its oversized claw.
  Please find attached two pictures that I took of a crab with four pincers on the one claw.
  Other starters included crispy potato skins with bacon and cheddar, Caesar salad, New Zealand mussels, crab claws and chowder.
  We scramble between fishing rods, cameras and delicious crab claws, reluctant to sacrifice any of the three.
  But then Johnson saw the red claw and other characteristics of female crabs.
  In some species, large males may use their major claw to kill smaller crabs.
  Synonyms
  pincer, nipper
  technical chela
3. 1.3 A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
  （用于抓、举的）爪形器械
  Example sentencesExamples
  He extended a hooked claw and jimmied the window open.
  Mechanical diggers moved in with dinosaur-like claws, ripping away chunks of the six-storey building.
  They resembled green humanoid lizards, except for the black bodysuits and mechanical claws.
  This he replaced with a mechanical claw plated with a non-tarnishing gold alloy.
  They were picked up too, and brought into hangars by metal claws on strong wires.
  Somehow less alarming than that was was the deadly looking metal claw hanging from its left shoulder.
  It took the huge mechanical claw of a giant bulldozer just 35 minutes to crush it to a pile of dust.

verb klɔːklɔ

1no object Scratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails.
（动物）用爪子抓（或撕）；（人）用指甲抓（撕）
the kitten was clawing at Lowell's trouser leg
小猫用爪子抓洛厄尔的裤腿。
with object her hands clawed his shoulders
她用手抓他的肩膀。
Example sentencesExamples
- The woman had flung herself against the locked door, clawing at the wood with her fingernails.
- I kept on yelling, while scratching and clawing at something in my back.
- Last time I was teaching them however, I was clawing at the door by about two o'clock hoping that someone would walk past so I could grab them and run away.
- She pounced on the man's back, ripping and clawing away at him.
- They rolled around on the floor, angrily scratching and slapping and clawing at each other.
- He was holding onto the thick leg of an armchair, but tiny, scratching hands were clawing at him, forcing him to loosen his grip more and more gradually.
- She scratched and clawed at him but he forced her into a chair and tied her hands behind her back.
- I recall a vivid childhood dream of being trapped in a tiny house with a werewolf clawing at the windows and doors.
- It's just that all the little things that I never used to worry about are now clawing at my mind, and my heart.
- She became hysterical: screaming, clawing at her face, pulling at her hair.
- She reached up to claw out his eyes, and he caught her other wrist.
- His fingers were clawing at my arms as he tried to get away.
- They like to mind their own business and will only bother you when they're bored or at election time when they'll hover around the refrigerator clawing at your legs.
- However, they sometimes pass out or go into frenzies of tearing off their clothes and clawing at their exposed skin, until they receive medical attention by staff on duty.
- Say your cat is clawing your couch or your dog is chewing your leather shoe.
- Hours after the quake rocked central and southern Italy, rescue teams were clawing at the concrete in the search for survivors.
- I'm thinking of starting a sweepstake on how long it'll be before the cats start clawing at them and bring one down.
- She should be clawing at him with her verbal jabs.
- His free hand scrabbled desperately around, and he began clawing at his attacker.
- He follows me around, cooing and clawing at me, begging for attention.
Synonyms
scratch, lacerate, tear, rake, rip, slash, scrape, graze, dig into
maul, savage, mutilate
scrabble at
1. 1.1 Clutch at something with the hands.
  抓住
  his fingers clawed at the air
  他的手指在空中抓挠。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He would notice that I was not clawing at him as though I wanted to devour him, but I was instead waiting patiently for the other girls to get bored with him, so he would be free to marry me on the spot.
  Every baby I would swaddle would end up busting out of his bundle and crying his damn little head off, limbs flailing and clawing at the air.
  But I still have that feeling of suffocation, that my lungs are clawing at the air for a breath.
  Every time I closed my eyes I saw that man clawing at his throat.
  He threw himself back in suffocating agony and began to claw desperately at his throat.
  Her arms were spread and arched behind her back, her fingers clawing at the air as if she were trying to slow herself down.
  In several places we each went sprawling, clawing at tufts of dead grass to stop from cartwheeling down the mountain.
  Searching, Alex frantically clawed at the strong arm that possessed her, looking for an escape amidst chaos.
  I viciously clawed at his clothing, almost ripping his favorite shirt.
  Tim started yelling about extra innings, waving the bat around and clawing at the charred beams above the furnace.
  I make angry pain noises, clawing at her unyielding fingers in agony.
  Gasping, clawing at the empty air, she sunk to the ground.
  Beads of sweat formed on his brow, and he began clawing at his chest.
  It was a pitiful thing to find fortunate, but at that point she would grab and claw at anything that could possibly brighten the atmosphere.
  Her fingernails clawed at the rock, straining to keep hold against the vehement wind.
  In the beginning there was darkness and fingers clawing at loose debris on the ground.
  He slowly clawed at the rope, eventually getting him out.
  She fell to her knees gasping for air, her hands clawing at her throat.
  His fingers were clawing at my arms as he tried to get away.
  He shut his eyes, fingers clawing at the rock below him.
  Synonyms
  reach for, snatch at, make a grab for, catch at, claw at
2. 1.2claw one's way Make one's way with difficulty by hauling oneself forward with one's hands.
  抓爬出（路）
  he clawed his way over a pile of bricks
  他抓爬过一堆砖头。
  figurative she was determined to claw her way out of poverty and find fame
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is a club which again and again has had to fight hard for its achievements, clawing its way up the league table only to slip down and have to begin the hard climb once more.
  This comes from a man who is still young enough to claw his way up the corporate ladder.
  He has a number of technical limitations, but he makes up for it by scrapping and clawing his way forward.
  So I crawled, dragging myself over the ground, clawing my way forward because I couldn't bring myself to give up.
  Not wanting to go down without a fight, he continued to claw his way forward, continually hoping that he was heading the right direction.
3. 1.3claw something awaywith object Try desperately to move or remove something with the hands.
  （费力地）抓，扒，挖，撕
  rescuers clawed away rubble with their bare hands
  救援者们徒手扒开了碎石。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Robinson was moving right across his goalline but stretched back and clawed the ball away.
  How could I when you were practically clawing my hand away every time I tried to steal a bite?
  Now, there was only the rock, the pick, and the pain of mutilated fingers forced to claw the rock away when the pick became too heavy to lift.
  It was like pulling off a giant plaster, each hair being slowly ripped from my body, no matter how quickly she clawed the strip away to lessen the sting.
  But he acrobatically clawed the shot away only for the rebound to be slapped over the line.
4. 1.4Scottish with object Scratch (a part of one's body) gently so as to relieve itching.
  〈苏格兰〉挠痒
2Nautical
no object (of a sailing ship) beat to windward.
（帆船）迎风而行
the ability to claw off a lee shore
由下风岸向上风岸行驶的能力。

Phrases

get one's claws into

informal Enter into a possessive relationship with.
〈非正式〉占有，霸占
she's already got her claws into the handyman
Example sentencesExamples
- That's Sam out there, and she's got her claws into him.
- There's no point in telling a jaded, modern reader a story about something that happened 1,600 years ago unless you can give them enough detail so that the reader can get their claws into it and feel it and smell it and taste it.
- Once she's got her claws into a man he's usually putty in her hands.
- Yeah, and don't think you're getting your claws into my man either.
- She's got her claws into guys on the sub-committee, so whatever story I come up with has to sound close to what we're really doing.
- Why on earth does it matter which female manages to get her claws into him?
- Girl, if you don't get your claws into him soon, someone else will.
- Most of the girls in the class looked as if they planned to get their claws into him already.
- For years the supermarket giants have been looking to get their claws into the pharmacy market as they have slowly picked off the rest of the High Street.
- How do you manage to get your claws into all the good ones?

Phrasal Verbs

claw something back

1Regain a lost advantage or position laboriously and gradually.
（奋力但缓慢地）重新获得失去的优势或地位
a hostile majority were committed to clawing back power from the president
Example sentencesExamples
- However the Wildcats gradually clawed it back and, in the end, it was the superior experience and craft of the Wildcats girls that proved to be the vital difference.
- We owed £30,000 to the record company for years, but we've finally clawed it back.
- During his time as editor, it consistently won its ratings battle, clawing back ground which had been lost to its great rival over a long period.
- Within three minutes he had clawed another point back in a fine individual move.
- Point by point they clawed back the deficit and at last drew level with two minutes to go.
Synonyms
retrieve, regain, regain possession of, get back, win back, take back, recoup, reclaim, repossess, recapture, retake, redeem
2(of a government) recover money paid out in the form of an allowance or benefit, typically by taxation.
（政府）获得（发放津贴或补助的）弥补性收入（尤指征税）
the government is trying to claw back the pay rises extracted by workers since deregulation of food prices
Example sentencesExamples
- Councillors are now demanding to know why the massive overpayments of housing and council tax benefits have occurred and why only a third of the money has been clawed back by the council.
- Tax cuts can be clawed back, but spending can't so easily.
- The silence from high-street tills could prove deafening as that cash is clawed back.
- But again this will be clawed back sharply for all but the lowest earners.
- The government had promised the lump sum would never push an individual into a higher tax bracket, which could result in 40% of the payment being clawed back.

Derivatives

clawless

adjective

The fur color of the Cape clawless otter varies.
Example sentencesExamples
- She tried to scratch him with her clawless paws, but her attempt was enough to make him draw back.
- These clawless marine invertebrates, found worldwide, often appear on menus as rock lobster or New Zealand lobster tail.
- Asian clawless otters form monogamous pairs for life.
- Indeed, before the season began, any resemblance between last year's fearsome Wildcats and this year's clawless kittens was supposed to be no more than fleeting fabrication and pure whimsy.

Origin

Old English clawu (noun), clawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch klauw and German Klaue.

Rhymes

abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your

Definition of claw in US English:

claw

nounklôklɔ

1A curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals.
（鸟类蜥蜴及某些哺乳动物的）爪，脚爪
Example sentencesExamples
- The unguals are curved and taper to a sharp point, indicating that the digits terminated in distinct claws.
- The Cape clawless otter derives its name from the fact that there are no claws on the digits.
- Lured into a folk chemist, I ducked beneath lizard claws and snake skins, dodged the birds' feet and goat horns.
- He lunged at me, diving down like an eagle towards a fish in the stream, extending longer and deadlier claws than any bird of prey could boast of.
- All digits have claws, which are not large but are very sharp.
- A bird's claw was gripping the end of the hilt.
- He was also presented with a special ceremonial stick with a real eagle's claw attached.
- Stalls sold everything from dried lizards and birds' claws to spanners, nails and toothpaste.
- But those don't look like cat claw marks.
- His tail was wrapped around the pipe to hold himself steady and his claws were curved and elongated to hold him fast.
- His hands are the same, long, clever fingers, five of them, with webbing stretched between and ending in wicked, slightly curved, claws.
- The cat jumped to a height of two metres or more, hooked the bird with the claws of one outstretched paw and brought it crashing down to earth.
- Without glue, suction, or claws, these lizards scamper up walls and hang from ceilings.
- Birds that cling to and climb the sides of trees, like woodpeckers and nuthatches, have strongly curved claws.
- Yet these earlier birds did not possess claws on their wings or teeth in their beaks.
- The limbs are only moderately long, and the feet are narrow, with four main digits and short claws.
- In mammals, alpha-keratin is found in hair, bristles, hooves, nails, and claws as well as in soft skin.
- They have 5 digits, each with long and sharp claws, the third claw being especially well developed.
- The creature's claws were as curved like scythes, and as long as long swords.
- Like many other rodents, all squirrels have five functional toes on the hindfeet and four on the forefeet, with a well-developed claw on each digit.
Synonyms
nail, talon
1. 1.1 Either of a pair of small hooked appendages on an insect's leg.
  钩爪（昆虫足部的小附肢）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Since the claw flexor muscle in insects has no antagonist, claws and arolium are moved back by elastic recoil of stretched exocuticle.
  To hold on, insects, including ants, rely on small claws or on sticky foot secretions.
  In other words, they can grab a piece of food with the little claws on their feet, taste it, then bring it up to their mouth and taste it again.
2. 1.2 The pincer of a crab, scorpion, or other arthropod.
  （蟹、蝎子等节肢动物的）钳，螯
  Example sentencesExamples
  The male fiddler crab bangs territorial warnings into the sand with its oversized claw.
  For starters, we were unable to resist the crab claws with prawn meat stuffing - pricey at £5, but they sounded delicious.
  Add the crab claws and the remaining spring onions, stir well and bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
  Please find attached two pictures that I took of a crab with four pincers on the one claw.
  In some species, large males may use their major claw to kill smaller crabs.
  The shop also has a wide range of seafood including tiger prawns, mussels, sea bream and breaded crab claws.
  The lamb is divine, and the feast includes crab claws, soup, homemade scones and rhubarb tart.
  Male fiddler crabs have one claw much larger than the other, which they use to signal to each other.
  Six large white and pink peeled crab claws were placed on the plate, basted with oil that made them shiny and enticing.
  They look like scorpions without tail or claws, and they live from animals' droppings.
  She was slightly less pleased with her crab and prawn thermidor, having expected a dish of crab claws and prawns rather than the tasty stew topped with crumble she received.
  The smoker returned in time for the special starter of fresh crab meat with crab claws.
  Season the lobster claws and sauté on both sides until warmed through, about three minutes.
  Before picking up a crab, we detached attached males by carefully pushing their claws off the females' terminal spines.
  Other starters included crispy potato skins with bacon and cheddar, Caesar salad, New Zealand mussels, crab claws and chowder.
  Top with the meat of one lobster claw and knuckle and half of one lobster tail.
  But then Johnson saw the red claw and other characteristics of female crabs.
  We scramble between fishing rods, cameras and delicious crab claws, reluctant to sacrifice any of the three.
  In some chelicerates, such as scorpions and some eurypterids, the pedipalps are modified into large claws.
  The fiery broth is overflowing with tender calamari, a crab claw, shrimp, chunks of fish and one impeccable scallop.
  Synonyms
  pincer, nipper
3. 1.3 A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
  （用于抓、举的）爪形器械
  Example sentencesExamples
  He extended a hooked claw and jimmied the window open.
  They were picked up too, and brought into hangars by metal claws on strong wires.
  It took the huge mechanical claw of a giant bulldozer just 35 minutes to crush it to a pile of dust.
  Mechanical diggers moved in with dinosaur-like claws, ripping away chunks of the six-storey building.
  This he replaced with a mechanical claw plated with a non-tarnishing gold alloy.
  Somehow less alarming than that was was the deadly looking metal claw hanging from its left shoulder.
  They resembled green humanoid lizards, except for the black bodysuits and mechanical claws.

verbklôklɔ

1no object (of an animal or person) scratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails.
（动物）用爪子抓（或撕）；（人）用指甲抓（撕）
the kitten was clawing at Lowell's trouser leg
小猫用爪子抓洛厄尔的裤腿。
with object her hands clawed his shoulders
她用手抓他的肩膀。
figurative bitter jealousy clawed at her
〈喻〉强烈的嫉妒抓挠着她。
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm thinking of starting a sweepstake on how long it'll be before the cats start clawing at them and bring one down.
- I recall a vivid childhood dream of being trapped in a tiny house with a werewolf clawing at the windows and doors.
- I kept on yelling, while scratching and clawing at something in my back.
- The woman had flung herself against the locked door, clawing at the wood with her fingernails.
- He follows me around, cooing and clawing at me, begging for attention.
- She reached up to claw out his eyes, and he caught her other wrist.
- Say your cat is clawing your couch or your dog is chewing your leather shoe.
- She became hysterical: screaming, clawing at her face, pulling at her hair.
- She scratched and clawed at him but he forced her into a chair and tied her hands behind her back.
- Hours after the quake rocked central and southern Italy, rescue teams were clawing at the concrete in the search for survivors.
- However, they sometimes pass out or go into frenzies of tearing off their clothes and clawing at their exposed skin, until they receive medical attention by staff on duty.
- They like to mind their own business and will only bother you when they're bored or at election time when they'll hover around the refrigerator clawing at your legs.
- They rolled around on the floor, angrily scratching and slapping and clawing at each other.
- His free hand scrabbled desperately around, and he began clawing at his attacker.
- She pounced on the man's back, ripping and clawing away at him.
- He was holding onto the thick leg of an armchair, but tiny, scratching hands were clawing at him, forcing him to loosen his grip more and more gradually.
- She should be clawing at him with her verbal jabs.
- It's just that all the little things that I never used to worry about are now clawing at my mind, and my heart.
- His fingers were clawing at my arms as he tried to get away.
- Last time I was teaching them however, I was clawing at the door by about two o'clock hoping that someone would walk past so I could grab them and run away.
Synonyms
scratch, lacerate, tear, rake, rip, slash, scrape, graze, dig into
1. 1.1 Clutch at something with the hands.
  抓住
  his fingers clawed at the air
  他的手指在空中抓挠。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Tim started yelling about extra innings, waving the bat around and clawing at the charred beams above the furnace.
  His fingers were clawing at my arms as he tried to get away.
  I make angry pain noises, clawing at her unyielding fingers in agony.
  Beads of sweat formed on his brow, and he began clawing at his chest.
  Every time I closed my eyes I saw that man clawing at his throat.
  In the beginning there was darkness and fingers clawing at loose debris on the ground.
  He would notice that I was not clawing at him as though I wanted to devour him, but I was instead waiting patiently for the other girls to get bored with him, so he would be free to marry me on the spot.
  In several places we each went sprawling, clawing at tufts of dead grass to stop from cartwheeling down the mountain.
  He shut his eyes, fingers clawing at the rock below him.
  Every baby I would swaddle would end up busting out of his bundle and crying his damn little head off, limbs flailing and clawing at the air.
  It was a pitiful thing to find fortunate, but at that point she would grab and claw at anything that could possibly brighten the atmosphere.
  Gasping, clawing at the empty air, she sunk to the ground.
  But I still have that feeling of suffocation, that my lungs are clawing at the air for a breath.
  She fell to her knees gasping for air, her hands clawing at her throat.
  He slowly clawed at the rope, eventually getting him out.
  Her arms were spread and arched behind her back, her fingers clawing at the air as if she were trying to slow herself down.
  He threw himself back in suffocating agony and began to claw desperately at his throat.
  Her fingernails clawed at the rock, straining to keep hold against the vehement wind.
  Searching, Alex frantically clawed at the strong arm that possessed her, looking for an escape amidst chaos.
  I viciously clawed at his clothing, almost ripping his favorite shirt.
  Synonyms
  reach for, snatch at, make a grab for, catch at, claw at
2. 1.2claw one's way Make one's way with difficulty by hauling oneself forward with one's hands.
  抓爬出（路）
  he clawed his way over a pile of bricks
  他抓爬过一堆砖头。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He has a number of technical limitations, but he makes up for it by scrapping and clawing his way forward.
  So I crawled, dragging myself over the ground, clawing my way forward because I couldn't bring myself to give up.
  Not wanting to go down without a fight, he continued to claw his way forward, continually hoping that he was heading the right direction.
  This comes from a man who is still young enough to claw his way up the corporate ladder.
  It is a club which again and again has had to fight hard for its achievements, clawing its way up the league table only to slip down and have to begin the hard climb once more.
3. 1.3claw something awaywith object Try desperately to move or remove something with the hands.
  （费力地）抓，扒，挖，撕
  rescuers clawed away rubble with their bare hands
  救援者们徒手扒开了碎石。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Robinson was moving right across his goalline but stretched back and clawed the ball away.
  How could I when you were practically clawing my hand away every time I tried to steal a bite?
  But he acrobatically clawed the shot away only for the rebound to be slapped over the line.
  It was like pulling off a giant plaster, each hair being slowly ripped from my body, no matter how quickly she clawed the strip away to lessen the sting.
  Now, there was only the rock, the pick, and the pain of mutilated fingers forced to claw the rock away when the pick became too heavy to lift.
2Nautical
no object (of a sailing ship) beat to windward.
（帆船）迎风而行
the ability to claw off a lee shore
由下风岸向上风岸行驶的能力。

Phrases

get one's claws into

informal Enter into a possessive relationship with.
〈非正式〉占有，霸占
Example sentencesExamples
- She's got her claws into guys on the sub-committee, so whatever story I come up with has to sound close to what we're really doing.
- Once she's got her claws into a man he's usually putty in her hands.
- That's Sam out there, and she's got her claws into him.
- Why on earth does it matter which female manages to get her claws into him?
- How do you manage to get your claws into all the good ones?
- There's no point in telling a jaded, modern reader a story about something that happened 1,600 years ago unless you can give them enough detail so that the reader can get their claws into it and feel it and smell it and taste it.
- For years the supermarket giants have been looking to get their claws into the pharmacy market as they have slowly picked off the rest of the High Street.
- Girl, if you don't get your claws into him soon, someone else will.
- Most of the girls in the class looked as if they planned to get their claws into him already.
- Yeah, and don't think you're getting your claws into my man either.

Phrasal Verbs

claw something back

(of a government) recover money disbursed in the form of an allowance or benefit, typically by taxation.
（政府）获得（发放津贴或补助的）弥补性收入（尤指征税）
Example sentencesExamples
- The silence from high-street tills could prove deafening as that cash is clawed back.
- Councillors are now demanding to know why the massive overpayments of housing and council tax benefits have occurred and why only a third of the money has been clawed back by the council.
- But again this will be clawed back sharply for all but the lowest earners.
- The government had promised the lump sum would never push an individual into a higher tax bracket, which could result in 40% of the payment being clawed back.
- Tax cuts can be clawed back, but spending can't so easily.

Origin

Old English clawu (noun), clawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch klauw and German Klaue.

词汇	claw
释义	Definition of claw in English: claw noun klɔːklɔ 1A curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals. （鸟类蜥蜴及某些哺乳动物的）爪，脚爪 Example sentencesExamples In mammals, alpha-keratin is found in hair, bristles, hooves, nails, and claws as well as in soft skin. The limbs are only moderately long, and the feet are narrow, with four main digits and short claws. Like many other rodents, all squirrels have five functional toes on the hindfeet and four on the forefeet, with a well-developed claw on each digit. His hands are the same, long, clever fingers, five of them, with webbing stretched between and ending in wicked, slightly curved, claws. But those don't look like cat claw marks. A bird's claw was gripping the end of the hilt. Stalls sold everything from dried lizards and birds' claws to spanners, nails and toothpaste. The Cape clawless otter derives its name from the fact that there are no claws on the digits. They have 5 digits, each with long and sharp claws, the third claw being especially well developed. Birds that cling to and climb the sides of trees, like woodpeckers and nuthatches, have strongly curved claws. The creature's claws were as curved like scythes, and as long as long swords. His tail was wrapped around the pipe to hold himself steady and his claws were curved and elongated to hold him fast. Lured into a folk chemist, I ducked beneath lizard claws and snake skins, dodged the birds' feet and goat horns. Without glue, suction, or claws, these lizards scamper up walls and hang from ceilings. Yet these earlier birds did not possess claws on their wings or teeth in their beaks. The cat jumped to a height of two metres or more, hooked the bird with the claws of one outstretched paw and brought it crashing down to earth. He lunged at me, diving down like an eagle towards a fish in the stream, extending longer and deadlier claws than any bird of prey could boast of. He was also presented with a special ceremonial stick with a real eagle's claw attached. All digits have claws, which are not large but are very sharp. The unguals are curved and taper to a sharp point, indicating that the digits terminated in distinct claws. Synonyms nail, talon technical unguis rare pounce 1.1 Either of a pair of small hooked appendages on an insect's foot. 钩爪（昆虫足部的小附肢） Example sentencesExamples Since the claw flexor muscle in insects has no antagonist, claws and arolium are moved back by elastic recoil of stretched exocuticle. In other words, they can grab a piece of food with the little claws on their feet, taste it, then bring it up to their mouth and taste it again. To hold on, insects, including ants, rely on small claws or on sticky foot secretions. 1.2 The pincer of a crab, scorpion, or other arthropod. （蟹、蝎子等节肢动物的）钳，螯 Example sentencesExamples They look like scorpions without tail or claws, and they live from animals' droppings. The smoker returned in time for the special starter of fresh crab meat with crab claws. The lamb is divine, and the feast includes crab claws, soup, homemade scones and rhubarb tart. For starters, we were unable to resist the crab claws with prawn meat stuffing - pricey at £5, but they sounded delicious. Male fiddler crabs have one claw much larger than the other, which they use to signal to each other. She was slightly less pleased with her crab and prawn thermidor, having expected a dish of crab claws and prawns rather than the tasty stew topped with crumble she received. Add the crab claws and the remaining spring onions, stir well and bake in the oven for 10 minutes. The shop also has a wide range of seafood including tiger prawns, mussels, sea bream and breaded crab claws. Six large white and pink peeled crab claws were placed on the plate, basted with oil that made them shiny and enticing. Before picking up a crab, we detached attached males by carefully pushing their claws off the females' terminal spines. Season the lobster claws and sauté on both sides until warmed through, about three minutes. In some chelicerates, such as scorpions and some eurypterids, the pedipalps are modified into large claws. The fiery broth is overflowing with tender calamari, a crab claw, shrimp, chunks of fish and one impeccable scallop. Top with the meat of one lobster claw and knuckle and half of one lobster tail. The male fiddler crab bangs territorial warnings into the sand with its oversized claw. Please find attached two pictures that I took of a crab with four pincers on the one claw. Other starters included crispy potato skins with bacon and cheddar, Caesar salad, New Zealand mussels, crab claws and chowder. We scramble between fishing rods, cameras and delicious crab claws, reluctant to sacrifice any of the three. But then Johnson saw the red claw and other characteristics of female crabs. In some species, large males may use their major claw to kill smaller crabs. Synonyms pincer, nipper technical chela 1.3 A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting. （用于抓、举的）爪形器械 Example sentencesExamples He extended a hooked claw and jimmied the window open. Mechanical diggers moved in with dinosaur-like claws, ripping away chunks of the six-storey building. They resembled green humanoid lizards, except for the black bodysuits and mechanical claws. This he replaced with a mechanical claw plated with a non-tarnishing gold alloy. They were picked up too, and brought into hangars by metal claws on strong wires. Somehow less alarming than that was was the deadly looking metal claw hanging from its left shoulder. It took the huge mechanical claw of a giant bulldozer just 35 minutes to crush it to a pile of dust. verb klɔːklɔ 1no object Scratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails. （动物）用爪子抓（或撕）；（人）用指甲抓（撕） the kitten was clawing at Lowell's trouser leg 小猫用爪子抓洛厄尔的裤腿。 with object her hands clawed his shoulders 她用手抓他的肩膀。 Example sentencesExamples The woman had flung herself against the locked door, clawing at the wood with her fingernails. I kept on yelling, while scratching and clawing at something in my back. Last time I was teaching them however, I was clawing at the door by about two o'clock hoping that someone would walk past so I could grab them and run away. She pounced on the man's back, ripping and clawing away at him. They rolled around on the floor, angrily scratching and slapping and clawing at each other. He was holding onto the thick leg of an armchair, but tiny, scratching hands were clawing at him, forcing him to loosen his grip more and more gradually. She scratched and clawed at him but he forced her into a chair and tied her hands behind her back. I recall a vivid childhood dream of being trapped in a tiny house with a werewolf clawing at the windows and doors. It's just that all the little things that I never used to worry about are now clawing at my mind, and my heart. She became hysterical: screaming, clawing at her face, pulling at her hair. She reached up to claw out his eyes, and he caught her other wrist. His fingers were clawing at my arms as he tried to get away. They like to mind their own business and will only bother you when they're bored or at election time when they'll hover around the refrigerator clawing at your legs. However, they sometimes pass out or go into frenzies of tearing off their clothes and clawing at their exposed skin, until they receive medical attention by staff on duty. Say your cat is clawing your couch or your dog is chewing your leather shoe. Hours after the quake rocked central and southern Italy, rescue teams were clawing at the concrete in the search for survivors. I'm thinking of starting a sweepstake on how long it'll be before the cats start clawing at them and bring one down. She should be clawing at him with her verbal jabs. His free hand scrabbled desperately around, and he began clawing at his attacker. He follows me around, cooing and clawing at me, begging for attention. Synonyms scratch, lacerate, tear, rake, rip, slash, scrape, graze, dig into maul, savage, mutilate scrabble at 1.1 Clutch at something with the hands. 抓住 his fingers clawed at the air 他的手指在空中抓挠。 Example sentencesExamples He would notice that I was not clawing at him as though I wanted to devour him, but I was instead waiting patiently for the other girls to get bored with him, so he would be free to marry me on the spot. Every baby I would swaddle would end up busting out of his bundle and crying his damn little head off, limbs flailing and clawing at the air. But I still have that feeling of suffocation, that my lungs are clawing at the air for a breath. Every time I closed my eyes I saw that man clawing at his throat. He threw himself back in suffocating agony and began to claw desperately at his throat. Her arms were spread and arched behind her back, her fingers clawing at the air as if she were trying to slow herself down. In several places we each went sprawling, clawing at tufts of dead grass to stop from cartwheeling down the mountain. Searching, Alex frantically clawed at the strong arm that possessed her, looking for an escape amidst chaos. I viciously clawed at his clothing, almost ripping his favorite shirt. Tim started yelling about extra innings, waving the bat around and clawing at the charred beams above the furnace. I make angry pain noises, clawing at her unyielding fingers in agony. Gasping, clawing at the empty air, she sunk to the ground. Beads of sweat formed on his brow, and he began clawing at his chest. It was a pitiful thing to find fortunate, but at that point she would grab and claw at anything that could possibly brighten the atmosphere. Her fingernails clawed at the rock, straining to keep hold against the vehement wind. In the beginning there was darkness and fingers clawing at loose debris on the ground. He slowly clawed at the rope, eventually getting him out. She fell to her knees gasping for air, her hands clawing at her throat. His fingers were clawing at my arms as he tried to get away. He shut his eyes, fingers clawing at the rock below him. Synonyms reach for, snatch at, make a grab for, catch at, claw at 1.2claw one's way Make one's way with difficulty by hauling oneself forward with one's hands. 抓爬出（路） he clawed his way over a pile of bricks 他抓爬过一堆砖头。 figurative she was determined to claw her way out of poverty and find fame Example sentencesExamples It is a club which again and again has had to fight hard for its achievements, clawing its way up the league table only to slip down and have to begin the hard climb once more. This comes from a man who is still young enough to claw his way up the corporate ladder. He has a number of technical limitations, but he makes up for it by scrapping and clawing his way forward. So I crawled, dragging myself over the ground, clawing my way forward because I couldn't bring myself to give up. Not wanting to go down without a fight, he continued to claw his way forward, continually hoping that he was heading the right direction. 1.3claw something awaywith object Try desperately to move or remove something with the hands. （费力地）抓，扒，挖，撕 rescuers clawed away rubble with their bare hands 救援者们徒手扒开了碎石。 Example sentencesExamples Robinson was moving right across his goalline but stretched back and clawed the ball away. How could I when you were practically clawing my hand away every time I tried to steal a bite? Now, there was only the rock, the pick, and the pain of mutilated fingers forced to claw the rock away when the pick became too heavy to lift. It was like pulling off a giant plaster, each hair being slowly ripped from my body, no matter how quickly she clawed the strip away to lessen the sting. But he acrobatically clawed the shot away only for the rebound to be slapped over the line. 1.4Scottish with object Scratch (a part of one's body) gently so as to relieve itching. 〈苏格兰〉挠痒 2Nautical no object (of a sailing ship) beat to windward. （帆船）迎风而行 the ability to claw off a lee shore 由下风岸向上风岸行驶的能力。 Phrases get one's claws into informal Enter into a possessive relationship with. 〈非正式〉占有，霸占 she's already got her claws into the handyman Example sentencesExamples That's Sam out there, and she's got her claws into him. There's no point in telling a jaded, modern reader a story about something that happened 1,600 years ago unless you can give them enough detail so that the reader can get their claws into it and feel it and smell it and taste it. Once she's got her claws into a man he's usually putty in her hands. Yeah, and don't think you're getting your claws into my man either. She's got her claws into guys on the sub-committee, so whatever story I come up with has to sound close to what we're really doing. Why on earth does it matter which female manages to get her claws into him? Girl, if you don't get your claws into him soon, someone else will. Most of the girls in the class looked as if they planned to get their claws into him already. For years the supermarket giants have been looking to get their claws into the pharmacy market as they have slowly picked off the rest of the High Street. How do you manage to get your claws into all the good ones? Phrasal Verbs claw something back 1Regain a lost advantage or position laboriously and gradually. （奋力但缓慢地）重新获得失去的优势或地位 a hostile majority were committed to clawing back power from the president Example sentencesExamples However the Wildcats gradually clawed it back and, in the end, it was the superior experience and craft of the Wildcats girls that proved to be the vital difference. We owed £30,000 to the record company for years, but we've finally clawed it back. During his time as editor, it consistently won its ratings battle, clawing back ground which had been lost to its great rival over a long period. Within three minutes he had clawed another point back in a fine individual move. Point by point they clawed back the deficit and at last drew level with two minutes to go. Synonyms retrieve, regain, regain possession of, get back, win back, take back, recoup, reclaim, repossess, recapture, retake, redeem 2(of a government) recover money paid out in the form of an allowance or benefit, typically by taxation. （政府）获得（发放津贴或补助的）弥补性收入（尤指征税） the government is trying to claw back the pay rises extracted by workers since deregulation of food prices Example sentencesExamples Councillors are now demanding to know why the massive overpayments of housing and council tax benefits have occurred and why only a third of the money has been clawed back by the council. Tax cuts can be clawed back, but spending can't so easily. The silence from high-street tills could prove deafening as that cash is clawed back. But again this will be clawed back sharply for all but the lowest earners. The government had promised the lump sum would never push an individual into a higher tax bracket, which could result in 40% of the payment being clawed back. Derivatives clawless adjective The fur color of the Cape clawless otter varies. Example sentencesExamples She tried to scratch him with her clawless paws, but her attempt was enough to make him draw back. These clawless marine invertebrates, found worldwide, often appear on menus as rock lobster or New Zealand lobster tail. Asian clawless otters form monogamous pairs for life. Indeed, before the season began, any resemblance between last year's fearsome Wildcats and this year's clawless kittens was supposed to be no more than fleeting fabrication and pure whimsy. Origin Old English clawu (noun), clawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch klauw and German Klaue. Rhymes abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your noun.1 phr. phr.v. Definition of claw in US English: claw nounklôklɔ 1A curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals. （鸟类蜥蜴及某些哺乳动物的）爪，脚爪 Example sentencesExamples The unguals are curved and taper to a sharp point, indicating that the digits terminated in distinct claws. The Cape clawless otter derives its name from the fact that there are no claws on the digits. Lured into a folk chemist, I ducked beneath lizard claws and snake skins, dodged the birds' feet and goat horns. He lunged at me, diving down like an eagle towards a fish in the stream, extending longer and deadlier claws than any bird of prey could boast of. All digits have claws, which are not large but are very sharp. A bird's claw was gripping the end of the hilt. He was also presented with a special ceremonial stick with a real eagle's claw attached. Stalls sold everything from dried lizards and birds' claws to spanners, nails and toothpaste. But those don't look like cat claw marks. His tail was wrapped around the pipe to hold himself steady and his claws were curved and elongated to hold him fast. His hands are the same, long, clever fingers, five of them, with webbing stretched between and ending in wicked, slightly curved, claws. The cat jumped to a height of two metres or more, hooked the bird with the claws of one outstretched paw and brought it crashing down to earth. Without glue, suction, or claws, these lizards scamper up walls and hang from ceilings. Birds that cling to and climb the sides of trees, like woodpeckers and nuthatches, have strongly curved claws. Yet these earlier birds did not possess claws on their wings or teeth in their beaks. The limbs are only moderately long, and the feet are narrow, with four main digits and short claws. In mammals, alpha-keratin is found in hair, bristles, hooves, nails, and claws as well as in soft skin. They have 5 digits, each with long and sharp claws, the third claw being especially well developed. The creature's claws were as curved like scythes, and as long as long swords. Like many other rodents, all squirrels have five functional toes on the hindfeet and four on the forefeet, with a well-developed claw on each digit. Synonyms nail, talon 1.1 Either of a pair of small hooked appendages on an insect's leg. 钩爪（昆虫足部的小附肢） Example sentencesExamples Since the claw flexor muscle in insects has no antagonist, claws and arolium are moved back by elastic recoil of stretched exocuticle. To hold on, insects, including ants, rely on small claws or on sticky foot secretions. In other words, they can grab a piece of food with the little claws on their feet, taste it, then bring it up to their mouth and taste it again. 1.2 The pincer of a crab, scorpion, or other arthropod. （蟹、蝎子等节肢动物的）钳，螯 Example sentencesExamples The male fiddler crab bangs territorial warnings into the sand with its oversized claw. For starters, we were unable to resist the crab claws with prawn meat stuffing - pricey at £5, but they sounded delicious. Add the crab claws and the remaining spring onions, stir well and bake in the oven for 10 minutes. Please find attached two pictures that I took of a crab with four pincers on the one claw. In some species, large males may use their major claw to kill smaller crabs. The shop also has a wide range of seafood including tiger prawns, mussels, sea bream and breaded crab claws. The lamb is divine, and the feast includes crab claws, soup, homemade scones and rhubarb tart. Male fiddler crabs have one claw much larger than the other, which they use to signal to each other. Six large white and pink peeled crab claws were placed on the plate, basted with oil that made them shiny and enticing. They look like scorpions without tail or claws, and they live from animals' droppings. She was slightly less pleased with her crab and prawn thermidor, having expected a dish of crab claws and prawns rather than the tasty stew topped with crumble she received. The smoker returned in time for the special starter of fresh crab meat with crab claws. Season the lobster claws and sauté on both sides until warmed through, about three minutes. Before picking up a crab, we detached attached males by carefully pushing their claws off the females' terminal spines. Other starters included crispy potato skins with bacon and cheddar, Caesar salad, New Zealand mussels, crab claws and chowder. Top with the meat of one lobster claw and knuckle and half of one lobster tail. But then Johnson saw the red claw and other characteristics of female crabs. We scramble between fishing rods, cameras and delicious crab claws, reluctant to sacrifice any of the three. In some chelicerates, such as scorpions and some eurypterids, the pedipalps are modified into large claws. The fiery broth is overflowing with tender calamari, a crab claw, shrimp, chunks of fish and one impeccable scallop. Synonyms pincer, nipper 1.3 A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting. （用于抓、举的）爪形器械 Example sentencesExamples He extended a hooked claw and jimmied the window open. They were picked up too, and brought into hangars by metal claws on strong wires. It took the huge mechanical claw of a giant bulldozer just 35 minutes to crush it to a pile of dust. Mechanical diggers moved in with dinosaur-like claws, ripping away chunks of the six-storey building. This he replaced with a mechanical claw plated with a non-tarnishing gold alloy. Somehow less alarming than that was was the deadly looking metal claw hanging from its left shoulder. They resembled green humanoid lizards, except for the black bodysuits and mechanical claws. verbklôklɔ 1no object (of an animal or person) scratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails. （动物）用爪子抓（或撕）；（人）用指甲抓（撕） the kitten was clawing at Lowell's trouser leg 小猫用爪子抓洛厄尔的裤腿。 with object her hands clawed his shoulders 她用手抓他的肩膀。 figurative bitter jealousy clawed at her 〈喻〉强烈的嫉妒抓挠着她。 Example sentencesExamples I'm thinking of starting a sweepstake on how long it'll be before the cats start clawing at them and bring one down. I recall a vivid childhood dream of being trapped in a tiny house with a werewolf clawing at the windows and doors. I kept on yelling, while scratching and clawing at something in my back. The woman had flung herself against the locked door, clawing at the wood with her fingernails. He follows me around, cooing and clawing at me, begging for attention. She reached up to claw out his eyes, and he caught her other wrist. Say your cat is clawing your couch or your dog is chewing your leather shoe. She became hysterical: screaming, clawing at her face, pulling at her hair. She scratched and clawed at him but he forced her into a chair and tied her hands behind her back. Hours after the quake rocked central and southern Italy, rescue teams were clawing at the concrete in the search for survivors. However, they sometimes pass out or go into frenzies of tearing off their clothes and clawing at their exposed skin, until they receive medical attention by staff on duty. They like to mind their own business and will only bother you when they're bored or at election time when they'll hover around the refrigerator clawing at your legs. They rolled around on the floor, angrily scratching and slapping and clawing at each other. His free hand scrabbled desperately around, and he began clawing at his attacker. She pounced on the man's back, ripping and clawing away at him. He was holding onto the thick leg of an armchair, but tiny, scratching hands were clawing at him, forcing him to loosen his grip more and more gradually. She should be clawing at him with her verbal jabs. It's just that all the little things that I never used to worry about are now clawing at my mind, and my heart. His fingers were clawing at my arms as he tried to get away. Last time I was teaching them however, I was clawing at the door by about two o'clock hoping that someone would walk past so I could grab them and run away. Synonyms scratch, lacerate, tear, rake, rip, slash, scrape, graze, dig into 1.1 Clutch at something with the hands. 抓住 his fingers clawed at the air 他的手指在空中抓挠。 Example sentencesExamples Tim started yelling about extra innings, waving the bat around and clawing at the charred beams above the furnace. His fingers were clawing at my arms as he tried to get away. I make angry pain noises, clawing at her unyielding fingers in agony. Beads of sweat formed on his brow, and he began clawing at his chest. Every time I closed my eyes I saw that man clawing at his throat. In the beginning there was darkness and fingers clawing at loose debris on the ground. He would notice that I was not clawing at him as though I wanted to devour him, but I was instead waiting patiently for the other girls to get bored with him, so he would be free to marry me on the spot. In several places we each went sprawling, clawing at tufts of dead grass to stop from cartwheeling down the mountain. He shut his eyes, fingers clawing at the rock below him. Every baby I would swaddle would end up busting out of his bundle and crying his damn little head off, limbs flailing and clawing at the air. It was a pitiful thing to find fortunate, but at that point she would grab and claw at anything that could possibly brighten the atmosphere. Gasping, clawing at the empty air, she sunk to the ground. But I still have that feeling of suffocation, that my lungs are clawing at the air for a breath. She fell to her knees gasping for air, her hands clawing at her throat. He slowly clawed at the rope, eventually getting him out. Her arms were spread and arched behind her back, her fingers clawing at the air as if she were trying to slow herself down. He threw himself back in suffocating agony and began to claw desperately at his throat. Her fingernails clawed at the rock, straining to keep hold against the vehement wind. Searching, Alex frantically clawed at the strong arm that possessed her, looking for an escape amidst chaos. I viciously clawed at his clothing, almost ripping his favorite shirt. Synonyms reach for, snatch at, make a grab for, catch at, claw at 1.2claw one's way Make one's way with difficulty by hauling oneself forward with one's hands. 抓爬出（路） he clawed his way over a pile of bricks 他抓爬过一堆砖头。 Example sentencesExamples He has a number of technical limitations, but he makes up for it by scrapping and clawing his way forward. So I crawled, dragging myself over the ground, clawing my way forward because I couldn't bring myself to give up. Not wanting to go down without a fight, he continued to claw his way forward, continually hoping that he was heading the right direction. This comes from a man who is still young enough to claw his way up the corporate ladder. It is a club which again and again has had to fight hard for its achievements, clawing its way up the league table only to slip down and have to begin the hard climb once more. 1.3claw something awaywith object Try desperately to move or remove something with the hands. （费力地）抓，扒，挖，撕 rescuers clawed away rubble with their bare hands 救援者们徒手扒开了碎石。 Example sentencesExamples Robinson was moving right across his goalline but stretched back and clawed the ball away. How could I when you were practically clawing my hand away every time I tried to steal a bite? But he acrobatically clawed the shot away only for the rebound to be slapped over the line. It was like pulling off a giant plaster, each hair being slowly ripped from my body, no matter how quickly she clawed the strip away to lessen the sting. Now, there was only the rock, the pick, and the pain of mutilated fingers forced to claw the rock away when the pick became too heavy to lift. 2Nautical no object (of a sailing ship) beat to windward. （帆船）迎风而行 the ability to claw off a lee shore 由下风岸向上风岸行驶的能力。 Phrases get one's claws into informal Enter into a possessive relationship with. 〈非正式〉占有，霸占 Example sentencesExamples She's got her claws into guys on the sub-committee, so whatever story I come up with has to sound close to what we're really doing. Once she's got her claws into a man he's usually putty in her hands. That's Sam out there, and she's got her claws into him. Why on earth does it matter which female manages to get her claws into him? How do you manage to get your claws into all the good ones? There's no point in telling a jaded, modern reader a story about something that happened 1,600 years ago unless you can give them enough detail so that the reader can get their claws into it and feel it and smell it and taste it. For years the supermarket giants have been looking to get their claws into the pharmacy market as they have slowly picked off the rest of the High Street. Girl, if you don't get your claws into him soon, someone else will. Most of the girls in the class looked as if they planned to get their claws into him already. Yeah, and don't think you're getting your claws into my man either. Phrasal Verbs claw something back (of a government) recover money disbursed in the form of an allowance or benefit, typically by taxation. （政府）获得（发放津贴或补助的）弥补性收入（尤指征税） Example sentencesExamples The silence from high-street tills could prove deafening as that cash is clawed back. Councillors are now demanding to know why the massive overpayments of housing and council tax benefits have occurred and why only a third of the money has been clawed back by the council. But again this will be clawed back sharply for all but the lowest earners. The government had promised the lump sum would never push an individual into a higher tax bracket, which could result in 40% of the payment being clawed back. Tax cuts can be clawed back, but spending can't so easily. Origin Old English clawu (noun), clawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch klauw and German Klaue. noun.1 phr. phr.v.
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