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MOVING WITHOUT SLIPPING Afr# 4 [U] the ability of sth
to
move over a surface without slipping AfT?#; #
It : These tyres give the
bus better grip in slippery conditions.
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PART OF OBJECT 5 [C] a part of sth that
has a
special
surface so that it can be held without the hands slipping fE7; lift: the grip on a golf
club iiiA
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FOR HAIR ftA 6 [C] {BrE) = HAIRGRIP
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JOB IN THE MOVIES fflkXft 7 [C] a person who prepares
and moves the cameras, and sometimes the lighting equipment, when a film/movie
is being made ( fQSIfti
bh ) mn
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BAG ft 8 [C] (iold-fashioned) a large
soft bag, used when travelling
ITilTl come/get to grips with sth to begin to understand and deal with sth
difficult
M: I’m slowly getting to
grips with the language. 'll 'If get/take a ’grip (on
yourself) to
improve
your behaviour or control your emotions after being afraid, upset or angry ft (
g B ) ft ( g B W ) lit : I have to take a grip on myself, he told
himself firmly. fft-^]g]$$!ift g B W'lf ftM^ g'B „ o (informal) Get a grip! (= make an effort to
control your emotions) Hitin the 'grip of sth experiencing sth unpleasant
that cannot be stopped ft XX'ftiPAftf'JlkWitill; a country in the
grip of recession PS A il
W @5 It lose
your 'grip
(on
sth) to
become unable to understand or control a Situation ft* ( M-M ) S($ ( M&M ) ; WAft: Sometimes I feel I’m
losing my grip. ftftfisl&f!] g B Xlfjo
■
verb ( pp )
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HOLD TIGHTLY M g 1 to hold sth tightly Mg; Mg
HTT1 grasp: [VN] ‘Please don’t go,’ he
said, gripping her arm. f iL 0
[V] She
gripped on to the railing with both hands. ft fX. 7 MM ft ftfeft o o
note at hold
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INTEREST/EXCITE ftii^jli; ft#//j 2 [VN] to interest or
excite
sb; to hold sb’s attention ft J|| A $g; ft i$[ zjft B$ 71 ft ( ^A )
Wftit: The
book grips you from start to finish. & A77£o
0 Z was
totally gripped
by the story. 0 —see also grip
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HAVE POWERFUL EFFECT AWSSM Wf/R|R| ±1 3 [VN] (of an
emotion
or a situation to have a powerful
effect
on sb/sth I was gripped
by a feeling of panic, fc ft ® Tj o <> Terrorism has gripped
the country for the past two years.
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MOVE/HOLD WITHOUT SLIPPING Afft#; 4 to hold
onto
or to move over a surface without slipping g^: [VN] tyres that grip the
road ftAgfrAAfT^WAlp [also V]
gripe /graip/ noun, verb
m noun {informal) a complaint about sth ft W; ^
5£g: My only gripe about
the hotel was the food.
mverb [V] - (about sb/sth) (informal) to complain about sb/sth
in an annoying way ft£S; A 7^: He’s always griping about the people at
work.
ft^;llft£Sf^
'Gripe Water™ noun [U] {BrE) medicine that is
given to babies when they have stomach pains ( itt)
grip ing /'graipiq/ adj. [only before noun] a griping pain is a
sudden strong pain in your stomach M ( ^ PI )
MM
grip-ping /’gripir)/ adj. exciting or interesting in
a way that keeps your attention $ A 7 W; 7
I AW; f0 A
77£W o
note at interesting
grisly /'grizli/ adj. [usually before noun] extremely
unpleasant and frightening and usually connected with death and violence A A JA
M W; i© W W; ft ft W: a grisly crime ftf§WfPft
grist /grist/ noun ITSTOI (all) grist to
the/sb’s ‘mill {BrE) (NAmE (all) grist for
the/sb’s ’mill) something that is useful to sb for a particular purpose /I • •- ft W % ® ( W f 5 W ♦ ) : Political sex scandals
are all grist to
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the mill of the tabloid newspapers.
gris tle /'grisl/ noun [u] a hard substance in
meat that is unpleasant to eat ( |fj ft W ) a lump of gristle —
grit /grit/ noun, verb
mnoun [U] 1 very small pieces of
stone or sand fs>
5$; M ift: I had a piece of grit in
my eye. 7
O They were spreading grit and salt on the icy roads. JM1 & M i W1® ±
ft £!> 7 ft1 ifc 0 2
the
courage and determination that makes it possible for sb to continue doing sth
difficult or unpleasant HA; itft m verb (-tt-) [VN] to spread grit,
salt or sand on a road that is covered with ice ( ) ft/«, ift, ft
|$|>7
i™ grit your ’teeth 1 to bite your teeth
tightly together R£ M 7 7 : She gritted her teeth
against the pain. M Px 7 & fS o 0 ‘Stop
it!’ he said through gritted teeth, “ft7! ” 2 to be determined
to
continue to do sth in a difficult or unpleasant situation J§ A: # started to rain
harder, but
we gritted our teeth and carried on. MJFitn ftT
grits /grits/ noun [pi.] corn (maize) that is partly crushed
before cooking, often eaten for breakfast or as part of a meal in the southern
US ( 7
AM
grit-ter /’grit0(r)/ {BrE) {US 'salt truck) noun a large vehicle used for
putting salt, sand or grit on the
roads in winter when there is ice on them MtlA/l, g&7,
mnm (
gritty /'griti/ adj. 1 containing or like grit
: a layer of gritty dust 2 showing the
courage
and determination to continue doing sth difficult or unpleasant ft H A W; gritty
determination M aE W ft: A' 0 a gritty performance
from the British player M
WltfciJl 3 showing
sth
unpleasant as it really is ( ) oIE
W, vSftftW: a gritty description
of urban
violence ZfltTUHAlo gritty realism
fgftftW JJS^ — see also nitty-gritty ► grit-tily adv. grit-ti-ness noun [U]
grizzle /’grizl/ verb [V] {BrE, informal) (especially of a baby or
child ft tm §? JL fn 7 W) to cry or complain
continuously in a way that is annoying ^
griz-zled /'grizld/ adj. {literary) having hair that is grey
or partly grey ( W, Vc A W
griz-zly bear /.grizli 'be9(r); NAmE 'ber/ (also 'griz-zly) noun a large aggressive brown
bear that lives in
groan
/graun;
NAmE groun/ verb, noun mverb 1 ~ (at/with sth) to make
a long deep sound because you are annoyed, upset or in pain, or with pleasure
n$ ift; ; R? R? PSTl moan :
[V] to
groan
with pain/pleasure ^ M R^ Rt; A # ftR? 0 He lay
on the floor groaning, ft ft Jfe W. ± Rt 0 0 VVe all
groaned at his terrible jokes. ftiA $cf] M
& A
il 'W P o o They were all moaning
and
groaning (= complaining) about the amount of
work they had. ft fl 7 ft ft fP ^ r 0. it» ❖ [V speech] ‘It’s a complete
mess!’ she groaned. “ faf MJ1 -* 0 ”
ft 55{
, fEil
) : tables
groaning with food Uli#tl W # 7 mnoun a long deep sound made when
sb/sth groans R$ Rt-^; R?R?f^; RS^T*
HCImoan: She let
out a groan of dismay. ftAtB'M^WKSAo O He fell to the floor
with a groan, ft B? 7 ‘ ‘ P ft tt Jl;J <> The
house was filled with the cello’s dismal squeaks and
groans.