And when he came to the place where the wild things are they roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws til Max said "BE STILL!"

VOA: special.2009.10.05

It suggests that ecstasy is like wine, ; and wine is like an eagle clasping you; it's prey in its claws.

这里暗示着令人着迷的狂喜如同美酒一般，而酒又像是紧紧抓着你的鹰;,用它的利爪疯狂地掠夺着你所有的。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Can you make a novel, as he says in the essay, that will "sprout wings and grow claws" in secret in his mind? That's an image taken from the metamorphosis of the butterfly within the chrysalis.

你能够让一本小说，就像他在那篇文章里说的那样，会在他,脑海里秘密的“展开翅膀，伸出爪子“？，这是从蝴蝶羽化中,借鉴来的比喻。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

They're beautiful: pumpkin claws and green legs clouded by a veil of gray speckles.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20