[N-COUNT 可数名词]拳;拳头 Your hand is referred to as your fist when you have bent your fingers in towards the palm in order to hit someone, to make an angry gesture, or to hold something.
Angry protestors with clenched fists shouted their defiance...
愤怒的抗议者们紧握拳头大声抗议。
Gary clutched a penny in his fist.
加里将一枚便士攥在手中。
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[PHRASE 短语](政策或方法)铁拳的,残酷无情的,强硬的 An iron fist policy or approach is one which deals with people and situations in a very strict and cruel way.
[usu PHR n]
The iron-fist policy towards the fundamentalists is unlikely to be interrupted.
对原教旨主义者采取的铁拳政策不可能中止。
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hand over fist→see:
hand
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fist/fɪst; NAmEfɪst/nouna hand when it is tightly closed with the fingers bent into the palm拳;拳头◆He punched me with his fist.他用拳头猛击我。◆She clenched her fiststo stop herself trembling. 她紧握双拳,克制颤抖。◆He got into a fist fightin the bar. 他在酒吧与人挥拳斗殴。☞see also
ham-fisted
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tight-fisted
IDIOMmake a better, good, poor, etc. fist of sth( BrE) ( old-fashioned,informal) to make a good, bad, etc. attempt to do sth 试图把(或未能把)某事做得很成功☞more at
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fistfist /fɪst/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1the hand when it is tightly closed, so that the fingers are curled in towards the palm. People close their hand in a fist when they are angry or are going to hit someone: She held the money tightly in her fist. Malcolm clenched his fist (=held his fist very tightly closed) angrily. Dooley stood up and shook his fist in her face. Varney slammed his fist down onto the table so hard the dishes jumped. →
ham-fisted
, tight-fisted
, → hand over fist
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2make a good/bad fist of something British English informal to make a successful or unsuccessful attempt to do something
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