詞彙精選：clasp的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
釦環，鉤子
例句：
The clasp of her handbag is not in good quality.
她手提包的搭扣質量不太好。
例句：
When trying it on, always start on the loosest clasp.
試穿的時候，先試最寬鬆的扣子。
握手；握緊；擁抱
例句：
He gave my hand a warm clasp.
他熱情地握了握我的手。
例句：
Tito's hand met hers in a strong clasp for the first time.
蒂託的手第一次緊緊地握住了她的手。
v.
扣住，扣緊 [I,T]
例句：
The button won't clasp.
釦子扣不上。
例句：
Her hands clasped tightly together.
她的雙手緊扣在一起。
緊擁，緊握，緊抱；緊緊纏繞 [I,T]
例句：
She clasped the children to her.
她把孩子們緊緊地摟進懷裏。
例句：
He paced the corridor, hands clasped behind his back.
他雙手緊扣，背在身後，在走廊裏踱來踱去。
二、詞義辨析：
take,grasp,grab,grip,clasp,clutch,snatch,seize
這些動詞均有“抓住，握緊”之意。take最普通用詞，不帶感情色彩。指用手抓、取某東西或控制某物。grasp指緊緊抓住、抓牢。grab指粗暴而急迫的抓住。grip語氣比grasp強，指用手的最大力量緊緊抓住。clasp指用手緊握或用臂緊抱。clutch強調匆忙、緊急地抓、抓緊。snatch指突然搶走，側重動作更快或更具暴力性質。seize指突然抓住某物，強調突然的猛烈動作。
三、相關短語：
clasp knife
n. 折刀
四、參考例句：
The clasp on his belt had broken.
他的皮帶上的鉤子已經壞了。
The clasp of my brooch is broken.
我胸針的鉤子斷了。
The clasp of her handbag is not in good quality.
她手提包的搭扣質量不太好。
He holds his own hands in a firm clasp.
他緊緊握着自己的手｡
Tito's hand met hers in a strong clasp for the first time.
蒂託的手第一次緊緊地握住了她的手。
The cowboy bought a hat with a decorative clasp on the downside.
那牛仔買了一頂下側有飾釦的幾十。
Sit down for a moment. Relax. Then clasp your hands together so your fingers entwine — don't overthink it!
坐下，放鬆，然後隨意雙手十指交叉，注意不要刻意安排哦。
She took it in both her hands, reached forward, and secured the simple clasp at the back of my neck.
她用雙手接過它，向前探了探身，在我的脖子後把簡易的項鍊鉤繫好。
Known as her 'work' shoes, they are handmade for her by shoemaker Anello & Davide of Kensington, West London, from the finest calf leather, usually in black patent with a brass clasp or a small bow.
女王“戰靴”由英國倫敦的阿內洛＆戴維公司手工製作，採用上等小牛皮，通常爲黑色漆皮緞面，搭配一個銅釦或者小蝴蝶結。
