grab: [16] Grab is a Germanic word. It was probably borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German grabben. These were descendants of a prehistoric Germanic *grab-, which could well have been related to the *graip-, *grip- which produced grip, gripe, and grope. => grip, gripe, grope
grab (v.)
"seize forcibly or roughly," 1580s, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German grabben "to grab," from Proto-Germanic *grab-, *grap- (cognates: Old English gr?ppian "to seize," Old Saxon garva, Old High German garba "sheaf," literally "that which is gathered up together"), from PIE *ghrebh- (1) "to seize, reach" (cognates: Sanskrit grbhnati "seizes," Old Persian grab- "seize" as possession or prisoner, Old Church Slavonic grabiti "to seize, rob," Lithuanian grebiu "to rake"). Sense of "to get by unscrupulous methods" was reinforced by grab game, a kind of swindle, attested from 1846. Related: Grabbed; grabbing.
grab (n.)
1777, "thing grabbed;" 1824, "act of grabbing, a sudden grasp or seizing" from grab (v.). Up for grabs attested from 1945 in jive talk.
例文
1. He made a grab for her but she sidesteped him.
彼は彼女を捕まえようとしたが、彼女はサイドステップを避けた。
2.He edged closer to the telephone，ready to grab it.
彼はゆっくりと電話機に移動して、受話器をつかむ準備をした。
3.I grab George 'sarm and dig my nails into his flesh.
ジョージの腕をつかんで、爪を彼の肉にほじくり入れた。
4.He was clumsily trying to grab at Alfred 's arms.
エルフレッドの腕をつかもうとする不器用な彼。
5.Those who seek to grab power through violence deserve punishment.