Word · Frequency #3376
grips
抓住；握紧
grips is the third person singular of grip.
To take hold of something firmly, especially with the hand.
- 1.
To take hold (of), particularly with the hand.
抓住,尤其是用手
- 2.
To figuratively take hold of or grasp.
比喻地抓住或掌握
- 3.
Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
情感或情况对...产生强烈影响
- 4.
To firmly hold the attention of.
牢牢吸引注意力
抓住；掌握；强烈影响；笼罩；吸引住；使入迷；抓住,尤其是用手；比喻地抓住或掌握
In use
The athlete gripped the weight bar with both hands.
A sense of dread grips the town whenever the siren sounds.
The audience was gripped by the magician's performance.
Verb forms
base grip · third person grips · -ing gripping · past gripped · past participle gripped
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- grip the steering wheel
- 紧握方向盘
- He gripped the steering wheel tightly during the storm.暴风雨中他紧紧握住方向盘。
- grip the road
- （轮胎等）抓地
- These winter tires grip the road well on ice.这些冬季轮胎在冰上抓地力很好。
- gripped by fear
- 被恐惧笼罩
- The villagers were gripped by fear after the earthquake.地震后村民们被恐惧笼罩。
- grip someone's attention
- 牢牢吸引某人的注意力
- The documentary gripped the audience's attention from the first minute.这部纪录片从第一分钟起就牢牢吸引了观众的注意力。
- grip the imagination
- 深深吸引想象力；令人着迷
- Space travel has always gripped the public's imagination.太空旅行一直深深吸引着公众的想象力。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 grab 也是“抓”，grip 更紧：想象手像钳子一样死死握紧，grip 就是“抓紧”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：physical gripping/holding、sports and exercise、handling tools/objects grip 作动词表示“用手抓牢/握住”时，语气中性，日常对话、书面说明和运动健身等场景都比较常见；没有明显的正式或非正式色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 grip /ɡɹɪp/ 押韵，重读音节的元音和后面的辅音相同。注意：gripe /ɡɹaɪp/ 拼写与 grip 只差一个 e，但发音是 /ɡɹaɪp/，并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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