clutched 的 4 个定义
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- (9)
- 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.
clutched 近义词
grab, snatch
更多clutched例句
- 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.