grapnel
英 ['græpn(ə)l]
美['græpnl]
- n. 抓钩；小锚
英英释义
- 1. a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
- 2. a light anchor for small boats
英文词源
- 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.)).