grip
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive, transitive)(transitive or intransitive) To take hold (of), particularly with the hand.
That suitcase is heavy, so grip the handle firmly.
Unfortunately the glue didn't grip, and the whole thing came apart.
After a few slips, the tires gripped the pavement.
"Grip tightly on the rope!" — "I'm gripping! I'm gripping!"
- 2.
(transitive)To figuratively take hold of or grasp.
We need to grip this problem, not shut our eyes and hope it goes away.
- 3.
(transitive)Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
As the water level began to rise, I was gripped by panic.
- 4.
(transitive)To firmly hold the attention of.
The movie gripped me from beginning to end.
- 5.
(dialectal)To trench; to drain.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.
The ball will move differently depending on the grip used when throwing it.
- 2.
(uncountable)Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface.
These tyres are worn out and don't have much grip.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
Near-synonym: handgrip
There are several good grips on the northern face of this rock.
The grip of a sword is part of its hilt.
Đồng nghĩa: handgrip
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something.
The unthreaded portion of the bolt's shank is called the grip.
- 5.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
We need to get a grip on these spiralling costs.
in the grip of a blackmailer
to strengthen one's grip on a company
- 6.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) Mental grasp.
He's losing his grip – he's practically senile.
For God's sake man, stop panicking and get a grip of yourself!
- 7.
(countable, uncountable)A medium-sized bag or holdall for one's belongings, made of soft leather, canvas etc., and carried in the hand by two handles, one either side of the opening.
- 8.
(countable, uncountable)(graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved by dragging with a mouse or finger.
- 9.
(countable, uncountable)(film or television production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
- 10.
(countable, slang, uncountable)As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
I need to get a grip of nails for my project.
- 11.
(California, Southern, countable, slang, uncountable)(chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
That is a grip of cheese.
- 12.
(California, Southern, countable, slang, uncountable)(chiefly Southern California slang) A long time.
I haven't seen you in a grip.
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Verb from Middle English grippen, from Old English grippan, from a Proto-Germanic *gripjaną (compare gripfen); compare the related grīpan, whence English gripe. See also grope, and the related.