a)MARRYif someone gets their claws into another person, they influence them in a harmful way 对某人施加坏的影响
The thought of Eloise getting her claws into the child made his blood run cold.
一想到埃洛伊丝把魔爪伸向这孩子,他就不寒而栗。
b)UNPLEASANTto say unpleasant things about someone in order to upset them 攻击某人,中伤某人
Wait till the papers get their claws into him.
等着报界来骂他吧。
3TZthe curved end of a tool or machine, used for lifting things 爪形夹具;〔机械的〕爪
a claw hammer
拔钉锤
Examples from the Corpus
claw• Bellowing, the thing was trying to reach over the stair-rail with its other encrusted, decomposingclaw.• 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 windingcloth, and the claws of a deadchickenhangnear 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 cardsnarled with bared fangs and reached out with wickedclaws.• Dianne Wiest has her moments, though, as a fluffy gangster's moll with claws of steel.
claw2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
1PULLto 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.
猫不停地用爪子抓地毯。
2claw your wayto try very hard to reach a place or position, using a lot of effort and determination 奋力前进;努力争取
claw your way up/along/back etc
He clawed his way forward inch by inch.
他艰难地一点一点往前爬。
Benson clawed his way back into the lead.
本森奋力拼搏,又夺回了领先地位。
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 sonclawed 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 soleleader in 1970.• The vineclawed its way up the wall at the end.• You have to really work and claw your way up there.
3claw something ↔ backphrasal verbphr v
a)GETto get back something that you had lost, by trying very hard 夺回,捞回;设法挽回
The company has managed to claw back its share of the market.
该公司设法夺回了自己的市场份额。
b)British EnglishBrEPET if a government or organizationclaws back money it has given to people, it takes it back 〔政府或机构〕收回〔已给出的钱〕
claw• Their dogclawed all the paint off the doors.• Forgetting the painclawing at her maltreatedankle, Luce stared unbelievingly at a head and shouldersportrait 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 sonclawed 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 linesmanraised 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.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CLAW | CLAW + VERB | CLAW + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤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。