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clutched

/kluhch/US // klʌtʃ //UK // (klʌtʃ) //

攥紧了,攥住了,攥着,攥紧

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    • : to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch: The bird swooped down and clutched its prey with its claws.
    • : to grip or hold tightly or firmly: She clutched the child's hand as they crossed the street.
    • : Slang. to spellbind; grip a person's emotions, attention, or interest: Garbo movies really clutch me.
v.无主动词 verb
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    • : to try to seize or grasp: He clutched at the fleeing child. She clutched at the opportunity.
    • : Slang. to become tense with fright; panic: I clutched up on the math exam.
    • : to operate the clutch in a vehicle.
n.名词 noun
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    • : the hand, claw, etc., when grasping.
    • : Usually clutches . power of disposal or control; mastery: She fell into the clutches of the enemy.
    • : the act of clutching; a snatch or grasp.
    • : a tight grip or hold.
    • : a device for gripping something.
    • : Automotive, Machinery. a mechanism for readily engaging or disengaging a shaft with or from another shaft or rotating part.Compare coupling. a control, as a pedal, for operating this mechanism.
    • : Sports. an extremely important or crucial moment of a game: He was famous for his coolness in pitching in the clutch.
    • : any critical position or situation; emergency: She kept complete control in the clutch.
    • : Also called clutch bag, clutch purse . a small purse that can be carried in the hand and usually has no handle or strap.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : done or accomplished in a critical situation: a clutch shot that won the basketball game.
    • : dependable in crucial situations: a clutch player.
    • : without fasteners; held closed in front by one's hand or arm.

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Examples

  • The Zero FXA standard-issue gas-powered motorcycle requires that its rider shift gears by pulling in the clutch with your left hand and changing gears with your left foot.

  • In a time when a quick run to the grocery store for coffee filters isn’t always an option, this set’s filter-free design is particularly clutch.

  • That clutch production earned her the 2015 Honda Sports Award as the national player of the year.

  • Jairus Hamilton, a transfer from Boston College, hit a clutch three-pointer early in that late run, and junior guard Eric Ayala nailed one a minute later.

  • The Terps never regained their composure even as they made a few clutch shots in the fourth quarter.

  • That was accomplished by cops such as the one whose picture was clutched so tightly by his widow on Sunday.

  • As he entered the canyon, he clutched his chest and fell to the sidewalk.

  • “The voices made me do it,” he said, and theatrically clutched both sides of his head.

  • Contestants, huddled on the couches of a communal room, clutched their faces in shock and some broke into sobs.

  • Each model clutched a Bloomsbury bag in one hand, all a variation on the new, hand-painted leather and suede piece.

  • The ideal is not a thing to be clutched at, or taken by force, but all of the conditions—every tittle—must be fulfilled.

  • I clutched at the straw you held out to me, and saved myself at a cost greater than the world can ever know.

  • On landing, the old prince, trembling from top to toe, with despairing glance clutched the arm of the Governor for protection.

  • Engel called "Fourteen" and got out there, briefcase tightly clutched up under his arm, its flap unbuckled.

  • But he had no time for sentiment; he grabbed the reef-earring with his left hand, and clutched at the man with his right.