clutched
攥紧了,攥住了,攥着,攥紧
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Definitions
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.