| 词汇 | grapnel |
| 释义 | grapnel noun[ C ] uk /ˈɡræp.nəl/ us /ˈɡræp.nəl/(alsograppling iron, grappling hook) a device consisting of several hooks (= curved pieces of metal) on the end of a rope, used especially in the past on ships: （尤指旧时用于船上的）多爪（小铁）锚，爪钩 He had aimed to hook the grapnel round the massive chimney stack. He managed to hook a grapnel to the front of the little boat and with the help of two trucks pulled it to shore. sikhorn/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages The divers had to hook a grapnel into the wreck. Detaching a grappling hook and rope from her utility belt, she secured one end with the grapnel and began to descend. When the weather calmed her master spent several days trawling for the missing anchors with grapnels. Tools -pronged adjustable spanner adze Allen key auger awl excavator gavel gimlet gouge grappling iron grindstone guillotine plunger prong rasp razor knife reamer sander trowel Examples of grapnelgrapnel A grapnel is often quite light, and may have additional uses as a tool to recover gear lost overboard. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A ship's anchor is a type of grapple, especially the grapnel anchor. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Internal mechanisms allow the cable to be neatly wound and unwound, while a powerful spring launches the grapnel. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the morning the balloon is low enough for the grapnel dangling over the edge to catch on a house. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Ladders and grapnels used by pirates to board merchant vessels were recovered. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The petiole is abaxially rounded, adaxially flattened, hairy, and equipped with grapnel spines. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Also, it is mentioned that he knows about the prototype grapnel boost as he claims that it is not ready yet. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A grapnel can clear up to 99 percent of the trip-wires in a single pass. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The receiver would trail a hauling cable ending in a drag cone (to make this trail near horizontally) and a grapnel. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Suddenly, the cable was caught and brought to the surface, but while the men cheered it slipped from the grapnel's hold and vanished again. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Men on board worked lifelines and tended knotted lines, grapnels, and lifebuoys, as she struggled against the elements to maintain proper position for a rescue. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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