grasp at something

phrasal verbphr v HOLDto try to hold on to something 企图抓住

His foot slipped and he grasped at the top of the wall.

他脚下一滑，立刻伸手去抓墙头。

Examples from the Corpus

grasp at • His foot slipped and he grasped at a piece of jutting tile and dragged himself back to safety.• Miss Verjec grasped at her whistle.• We persist in grasping at neat, simple answers, when we should be questioning everything.• But sometimes you grasp at straws.• For now, researchers admit that they are still grasping at straws.• She grasped at the barrier between us and gently eased the wire apart.• Some one grasped at the side of the cart as it went past, and Arkhina smashed his fingers with a hammer.• There were exceptions, as when Bevin grasped at what became the Marshall Plan.

→ grasp at something at grasp1(3)

词汇	grasp at something
释义	grasp at something grasp at something phrasal verbphr v HOLDto try to hold on to something 企图抓住 His foot slipped and he grasped at the top of the wall. 他脚下一滑，立刻伸手去抓墙头。 Examples from the Corpus grasp at • His foot slipped and he grasped at a piece of jutting tile and dragged himself back to safety.• Miss Verjec grasped at her whistle.• We persist in grasping at neat, simple answers, when we should be questioning everything.• But sometimes you grasp at straws.• For now, researchers admit that they are still grasping at straws.• She grasped at the barrier between us and gently eased the wire apart.• Some one grasped at the side of the cart as it went past, and Arkhina smashed his fingers with a hammer.• There were exceptions, as when Bevin grasped at what became the Marshall Plan. → grasp at something at grasp1(3)
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