亚洲网紅露点

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clasp

[ klasp, klahsp ]

noun

  1. a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:

    a clasp for paper money; a clasp on a necklace.

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  2. a firm grasp or grip:

    a clasp of hands.

  3. a tight embrace:

    She held the child in a loving clasp.

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  4. a small bar or metal design, as a star, for affixing to the ribbon of a military decoration to indicate that the bearer has been awarded the decoration an additional time.


verb (used with object)

clasped or (Archaic) claspt clasping.
  1. to fasten with or as with a clasp.
  2. to furnish with a clasp.
  3. to seize, grasp, or grip with the hand:

    She clasped the club in her hand.

  4. to hold in a tight embrace; hug:

    He clasped the child to him.

verb (used without object)

clasped or (Archaic) claspt clasping.
  1. to embrace or hug:

    The lovers clasped.

clasp

/ 办濒蓱藧蝉辫 /

noun

  1. a fastening, such as a catch or hook, used for holding things together
  2. a firm grasp, hold, or embrace
  3. military a bar or insignia on a medal ribbon, to indicate either a second award or the battle, campaign, or reason for its award
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to hold in a firm grasp
  2. to grasp firmly with the hand
  3. to fasten together with or as if with a clasp
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠濒补蝉辫别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈苍顎卼别谤路肠濒补蝉辫顎 verb (used with object)
  • 谤别路肠濒补蝉辫顎 verb (used with object)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of clasp1

1275鈥1325; Middle English clasp (noun), claspen (v.), perhaps blend of clippen clip 2 and haspe hasp
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of clasp1

C14: of uncertain origin; compare Old English clyppan to embrace
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I read 鈥淚nto Thin Air鈥 in one night, my hands clasped so tight around the pages it actually warped the book.

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The children sat on wooden benches bouncing their legs, clasping their hands and anxiously looking around the brightly lit courtroom.

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Raducanu sealed victory with a ripping forehand winner on her second match point, breaking into a beaming smile and clasping the peak of her hat in shock.

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Tony nodded, then leaned forward, his hands clasped, eyes intent on me, as though preparing to drop a bomb of life-altering truth.

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He was exuberant as the two clasped hands in front of cameras in the Rose Garden, saying: "Now our two countries' peoples are shaking hands."

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