| 词汇 | fasten on/upon something |
| 释义 | fasten on/upon somethingfasten on/upon something phrasal verbphr v ATTENTIONto give particular attention to something because you think it is important or interesting 盯住〔某物〕不放，把注意力放在〔某物〕上 My mother fastened on the word ‘unsafe’. 我母亲就盯着“不安全”这几个字。 Examples from the Corpus fasten on/upon • What on earth was she now what trend or fad was she fastening on?• But by the spring of 1978 the war was over, and Snyder had fastened on a new cause: the homeless.• These will be fastened on and above them a platform.• An eddy of chill air swirled into the carriage, fastening on his knuckles.• It fastened on Mala like a grasping hand and snatched her into the air.• There are sections of Hazlitt's critical work which fasten on more general issues.• A pounce, the cheetah's jaws fasten on the gazelle's throat, and it is quickly throttled to death.• Then he fastened on the particular problem of coffee. → fasten on/upon something at fasten(3) |
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