词汇精选：clasp的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
扣环，钩子
例句：
The clasp of her handbag is not in good quality.
她手提包的搭扣质量不太好。
例句：
When trying it on, always start on the loosest clasp.
试穿的时候，先试最宽松的扣子。
握手；握紧；拥抱
例句：
He gave my hand a warm clasp.
他热情地握了握我的手。
例句：
Tito's hand met hers in a strong clasp for the first time.
蒂托的手第一次紧紧地握住了她的手。
v.
扣住，扣紧 [I,T]
例句：
The button won't clasp.
扣子扣不上。
例句：
Her hands clasped tightly together.
她的双手紧扣在一起。
紧拥，紧握，紧抱；紧紧缠绕 [I,T]
例句：
She clasped the children to her.
她把孩子们紧紧地搂进怀里。
例句：
He paced the corridor, hands clasped behind his back.
他双手紧扣，背在身后，在走廊里踱来踱去。
二、词义辨析：
take,grasp,grab,grip,clasp,clutch,snatch,seize
这些动词均有“抓住，握紧”之意。take最普通用词，不带感情色彩。指用手抓、取某东西或控制某物。grasp指紧紧抓住、抓牢。grab指粗暴而急迫的抓住。grip语气比grasp强，指用手的最大力量紧紧抓住。clasp指用手紧握或用臂紧抱。clutch强调匆忙、紧急地抓、抓紧。snatch指突然抢走，侧重动作更快或更具暴力性质。seize指突然抓住某物，强调突然的猛烈动作。
三、相关短语：
clasp knife
n. 折刀
四、参考例句：
The clasp on his belt had broken.
他的皮带上的钩子已经坏了。
The clasp of my brooch is broken.
我胸针的钩子断了。
The clasp of her handbag is not in good quality.
她手提包的搭扣质量不太好。
He holds his own hands in a firm clasp.
他紧紧握着自己的手｡
Tito's hand met hers in a strong clasp for the first time.
蒂托的手第一次紧紧地握住了她的手。
The cowboy bought a hat with a decorative clasp on the downside.
那牛仔买了一顶下侧有饰扣的几十。
Sit down for a moment. Relax. Then clasp your hands together so your fingers entwine — don't overthink it!
坐下，放松，然后随意双手十指交叉，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.
她用双手接过它，向前探了探身，在我的脖子后把简易的项链钩系好。
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“战靴”由英国伦敦的阿内洛＆戴维公司手工制作，采用上等小牛皮，通常为黑色漆皮缎面，搭配一个铜扣或者小蝴蝶结。
