英语释义

1. a sharp usually slender and curved nail on the toe of an animal

2. any of various sharp curved processes especially at the end of a limb (as of an insect) also a limb ending in such a process

3. one of the pincerlike organs terminating some limbs of various arthropods (such as a lobster or scorpion)

4. something that resembles a claw specifically the forked end of a tool (such as a hammer)

5. to rake, seize, dig, or progress with or as if with claws

6. to scrape, scratch, dig, or pull with or as if with claws

7. a sharp curved part on the toe of an animal (such as a cat or bird)

8. a body part of an animal (such as a lobster or crab) that is used for gripping and holding things

9. a part on a tool or machine that is used for gripping, digging, etc.

10. to scratch, grip, or dig with claws or fingers

11. a sharp usually thin and curved nail on the finger or toe of an animal (as a cat or bird)

12. the end of a limb of some animals (as an insect, scorpion, or lobster) that is pointed or used for grasping

13. to scratch, seize, or dig with claws or fingers
They clawed a hole in the beach sand.

片语

four claws四爪

DRAGON CLAWS龙爪

ambulacral claws步爪

razor claws锋刃钩爪

claw hammer羊角锤；木工锤；燕尾服；拔钉锤

Scrabbling Claws翻拣爪

Tunneling Claws掘地爪

Ghastly Claws恐怖之爪

duck claws鸭爪

compression claws联结卡环

claw back弥补性收入

英汉例句

• in a foyer of the engineering department of tohoku university in sendai stands a handsome yellow robot with claws and caterpillar tracks.

  在坐落于仙台的日本东北大学机械系的大厅中站着一个高大的黄色机器人，有爪子也有履带。

• to some, the arched snout and horns of skeletal ice age woolly rhinoceroses suggested not a vast land mammal, but the beak and claws of a giant bird.

  对于某些人来说，冰河世纪毛犀牛的拱鼻和角并不意味着这种大型陆地哺乳动物，却是巨型鸟类的喙和爪。

• when death strikes suddenly from the shadows or claws at us until the last breath, those left behind experience numbness and disorientation.

  当死亡突然从暗处袭来或抓向我们直至最后一息时，在麻木和迷惑背后的那些东西保留了下来。

• jumping spiders like this one are often seen grooming their claws and wiping their eyes, as though they were little cats.

  像这只蜘蛛一样的跳蛛经常被看到梳理它们爪上的毛发并擦视它们的眼睛，就像小猫咪一样。

• some robots have pincer-like claws to pick things up.

  有些机器人有钳子一样的爪子能拿起东西。

• nails are the primate equivalent of hooves and claws on other animals.

  灵长类动物的指甲相当于其它动物的蹄爪。

• creativity is a temporary salvation from the claws of death. i feel i must burst because of all that life offers me and because of the prospect of death.

  创造力是一种临时的拯救，从死亡的魔爪中挣脱。我感到我必须爆炸，因为那种生活所给我的全部，因为死亡的前景。

• student: and you said the claws come out anytime. so do you think feeling like that is bad like setting yourself up to be harmed.

  学生，你说爪子随时会伸出来,那你觉得这样是不好的感觉,像是在让自己受到伤害。

• but i was born with a recurring nightmare of a great bird picking me up in its claws and dropping me into an empty ocean, and for that, and other reasons, i have always been afraid of water.

  但是，自出生以来，我都反复做着一个噩梦，一只大鸟用它的双爪把我抓起，扔到汪洋大海之中。因为这个梦，还有其他一些原因，我对水的恐惧感一直未能消除。

• jennifer viegas: is it true that this dinosaur had two enormous claws on each of its feet?

  珍妮佛·维埃加斯：这种恐龙是不是真的脚上各长着两只巨大的爪子？

• i bandage his knuckles, which is hard with these claws i have.

  我用绷带包扎他被我爪子弄伤的指关节。

• anyone who wishes to make it with leo must never undermine the leonine dignity, or they will surely suffer the claws of the cat.

  任何想和狮子们亲密接触的人千万不能伤害他们狮子王一般的高贵尊严，否则必定会遭到大猫们的利爪。

• the claws of velociraptor and its kin had hitherto been regarded as weapons to be deployed against beasts of the aggressor’s own size—either other velociraptors, in fights over territory or mates, or.

  速龙一类的爪子迄今仍被看作是撕裂侵略者自身大小的兽类（或者是争夺地盘和配偶的其它速龙，或者是体型庞大的猎物）的武器。

• the cat also relies on long claws and highly flexible ankles to scramble among the trees - and even shimmy down tree trunks like a squirrel.

  它们还依靠长长的爪子和高度灵活的踝关节在树与树之间攀爬，甚至还能像松鼠那样溜下树干。

• it had feathers and other traits of living birds but also vestiges of a reptilian past, such as teeth in its mouth, claws on its wings, and a long, bony tail.

  始祖鸟拥有羽毛，它身上既有现代鸟类的特征，也有远古爬行动物的痕迹，例如口中有牙齿，翅膀上有爪子，还有一条硕长的骨质尾巴。

• he yelled out and tried to pull away. the claws pulled back, hard and sharp, digging into his flesh and forcing him off balance.

  他痛得喊了起来，努力想把手抽出来，但那爪子使劲向后扯，扎进他的肉里，迫使他失去平衡。

• in 2006, a hunter in the canadian arctic shot a bear that had white fur like a polar bear’s but had brown patches, long claws and a hump like a grizzly bear’s.

  2006年，一位猎人在加拿大的北极地区射杀了一只奇怪的熊，它的皮毛如同北极熊一般呈现出白色，但夹杂着褐色斑点，长爪子和弓起的背部又表现出灰熊的特征来。