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- a 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。
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- either of a pair of small hooked appendages on an insect's foot钩爪（昆虫足部的小附肢）。
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- the pincer of a crab, scorpion, or other arthropod（蟹、蝎子等节肢动物的）钳, 螯。
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- a mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting（用于抓、举的）爪形器械。
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- no obj.(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
figurative 〈喻〉bitter jealousy clawed at her
强烈的嫉妒抓挠着她
with obj. her hands clawed his shoulders.她用手抓他的肩膀。
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- clutch at something with the hands抓住：
his fingers clawed at the air.
他的手指在空中抓挠。
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claw 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。
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- with obj.
claw something away
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。
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- with obj. Scottish scratch gently so as to relieve itching〈苏格兰〉挠痒。
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- no obj.(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。
短语
get one's claws into
- informal enter into a possessive relationship with〈非正式〉占有, 霸占。
派生词
clawed
adjective尖爪丛猴。
clawless
adjective词源
Old English clawu (noun), clawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch klauw and German Klaue.
短语动词
claw something back
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- regain 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：
clawing back power from the president.
从总统那里收回权力。
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- (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）。