grapnel
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grapnel词义
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n. 抓钩；小锚
grapnel英文词源
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- grapnel
- grapnel: see grape
- grapnel (n.)
- "small hook," especially one fixed on a rope and thrown for seizing and holding, late 14c., grapenel, from an assumed Anglo-French diminutive of grapon, from Old French grapil, grapin "hook," diminutive of grape "hook" (see grape). Earlier form was grapel (compare grapple (n.)).