n.[C]

1. （动物的）爪，脚爪；（蟹、虾等的）钳，螯
   The owl swooped down and picked up the mouse in its claws.

   猫头鹰猛扑下去用爪子抓起了老鼠。

2. 爪形器具；羊角锤；拔钉锤
3. 【贬】手

vt.

1. 用爪子抓（或撕、挖、拉等）
   The rooster clawed a hole in the earth.

   那只公鸡在地上扒出个洞来。

2. 费力地夺回[（+back）]

vi.

1. 用爪子抓（或挖）[（+at）]
   She clawed at my shirt in her temper.

   她大发脾气一把抓住我的衬衫。

n.

1. a curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals.
   ▸either of a pair of small hooked appendages on an insect's foot.
2. the pincer of a crab, scorpion, or other arthropod.
3. a mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.

v.

1. (usu. claw at) scratch or tear at with the claws or fingernails.
   ▸clutch at with the hands.
2. (claw something back) regain money, power, etc. laboriously and gradually.
3. (of a sailing ship) beat to windward.