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clinch

/klinch/US // klɪntʃ //UK // (klɪntʃ) //

缔结合同,缔结协议,缔结契约,缔结协议的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to settle decisively: After they clinched the deal they went out to celebrate.
    • : to secure in position by beating down the protruding point: He drove the nails through the board and clinched the points flat with a hammer.
    • : to fasten together by nails, screws, etc., secured in this manner.
    • : Nautical. to fasten by a clinch.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Boxing. to engage in a clinch: The boxers clinched and were separated by the referee.
    • : Slang. to embrace, especially passionately.
    • : to hold fast; be secure.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of clinching.
    • : Boxing. an act or instance of one or both boxers holding the other about the arms or body in order to prevent or hinder the opponent's punches.
    • : Slang. a passionate embrace.
    • : a clinched nail or fastening.
    • : the bent part of a clinched nail, screw, etc.
    • : a knot or bend in which a bight or eye is made by making a loop or turn in the rope and seizing the end to the standing part.
    • : Archaic. a pun.

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Examples

  • Notably, a 6-turn clinch knot and a 5-turn improved clinch also came in at 96%, but only if they were tied with extreme care.

  • That touched me, the clinch that suggested he wanted to share a portion of his life with his oldest friend.

  • Only the finest vintages and producers will clinch the deal.

  • The video was directed by Danny Clinch and features footage of Hurricane Sandy, atomic explosions, and rising water levels.

  • The photos were shot by Danny Clinch in the Salisbury House museum in Des Moines, Iowa.

  • The Rabin government went on to clinch a first-ever peace deal with the Palestinians.

  • The twit, Guy Clinch, is the unlucky father of Marmaduke, an 18-month-old prodigy of domestic mayhem.

  • A gentle breath from heaven makes the basket decline a little and the ropes creak against the hardwood clinch blocks.

  • Our natural impulse now is to slightly clinch our teeth when we shake our heads to mean “no.”

  • Could the people of the Clinch and Holston have felt the same confidence, they would have spared themselves much nagging.

  • And so step by step the devil thrust him into desperation, and strove thereby to clinch the hopelessness of his estate.

  • There would be small chance of another band raiding down the Clinch for some time at least.