gripping

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He worked the room like a politician, gripping hands, and slapping backs.
他又是握手，又是拍背，像個政客一樣把一屋子的人都籠絡了一番。
The film turned out to be a gripping thriller.
那部電影原來是部釦人心弦的驚悚片。
Pantieri went for him, gripping him by the throat.
潘蒂埃裡撲曏他，緊緊地扼住他的喉嚨。
a gripping Victorian melodrama
動人心弦的維多利亞時代情節劇
a gripping narrative of their journey up the Amazon
他們沿亞馬孫河而上的釦人心弦的描述

Something that is gripping is so interesting or exciting that it holds your attention completely.

If you grip something, you take hold of it with your hand and continue to hold it firmly.
A grip is a firm, strong hold on something.
Someone's grip on something is the power and control they have over it.
If something grips you, it affects you very strongly.
If you are gripped by something such as a story or a series of events, your attention is concentrated on it and held by it.
gripping
If things such as shoes or car tyres have grip, they do not slip.
If you come to grips with a problem, you consider it seriously, and start taking action to deal with it.
If you get a grip on yourself, you make an effort to control or improve your behaviour or work.
If a person, group, or place is in the grip of something, they are being severely affected by it.
If you lose your grip, you become less efficient and less confident, and less able to deal with things.
If you say that someone has a grip on reality, you mean they recognize the true situation and do not have mistaken ideas about it.
a part by which an object is grasped handle (Also called handgrip)
&rarra variant spelling of grippe