claw

• n.爪；かぎ爪、はさみ；爪状の器具
• vi.爪でつかむ（または掘る）
• vt.爪でつかむ（または掘る

PIE*skel, bend, hookから、語源的にはclose, scoliosis（側湾症）と同じ。

claw (n.)

Old English clawu, earlier clea, "claw, talon, iron hook," from Proto-Germanic *klawo (cognates: Old Frisian klawe "claw, hoe," Middle Dutch klouwe, Dutch klauw, Old High German klawa, German Klaue "claw"). Claw-foot in reference to furniture is from 1823; claw-and-ball attested from 1893. Claw-hammer attested from 1769.

claw (v.)

Old English clawian "to scratch, claw," from the same root as claw (n.). Related: Clawed; clawing. Compare Dutch klaauwen, Old High German klawan, German klauen. To claw back"regain by great effort" is from 1953; as a noun, an act of this, from 1969.

1. The dogs continued to paw and claw frantically at the chain mesh.

その犬たちは爪で金網を狂ったようにつかみ続けた。

2.It has three pairs of legs，each ending in a large claw .

3組の足があり、それぞれの足に巨大な爪が付いています。

3. The Chancellor will try to claw back ￡3.5 billion in next year's Budget.

財務相は来年度予算で35億ポンドの回収を目指す。

4.They will eventually be able to claw back all or most of the debt.

彼らは最終的にすべてまたは大部分の債務を回収することができる。

5.In the meantime his generals will want to claw back some of their old influence.

それと同時に、彼の将軍たちは再起しようとしている。