clasp

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clasp1 verb [transitiveT] written

1 HOLDto hold someone or something tightly, closing your fingers or arms around them 握紧；抱紧；抓住 SYN grip

A baby monkey clasps its mother’s fur tightly.

小猴子紧紧地抓住母猴的毛。

clasp your hands/arms around/behind something

Fenella leaned forward, clasping her hands around her knees.

费内拉身体前倾，双手紧紧抱着膝盖。

She stood with her hands clasped tightly together.

她站着，双手紧紧地握在一起。

clasp somebody/something in your hands/arms

She clasped the photograph in her hands.

她将照片紧紧抓在手里。

clasp somebody to your chest/bosom (=hold someone tightly with your arms) 抱紧某人，搂紧某人

► see thesaurus at hold

2. FASTEN/DO UPto fasten something with a clasp 〔用扣环〕扣住，钩住

Examples from the Corpus

clasp• Lie down with your hands clasped behind your head.• Magrat clasped her hands together and looked down, biting her knuckles.• To Heather, she seemed delicate looking, poised with her hands loosely clasped in front.• The three sit silent for a moment, hands clasped in identical attitudes, staring at the table.• The baby monkey clasped its mother's fur tightly.• He clasped the royal hand and plastered it with three lingering kisses.• I see nothing wrong with clasping them above the waist.• Kneel, feet and legs together, arms stretched above your head, hands clasped together.

clasp your hands/arms around/behind something• They made us all kneel, made us put our heads between our legs and clasp our hands behind.• Malik clasped his hands behind his back.• He switched channels with the remote, clasped his hands behind his head.• I clasped my hands behind my neck, and considered.• Lightly clasp your hands behind your head, elbows out to the sides.• Still with your legs crossed in the air, lightly clasp your hands behind your head.

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