英语单词 | clench |
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英美音标 | 英 [klentʃ] 美 [klentʃ] |
中文释义 | v.紧握;紧咬;牢牢地抓住;确定 n.牢牢抓住;钉紧 |
英语例句 | (1) You walk in circles, kick the ground, clench your fists and throw your arms in the air. |
中文例句 | (1) 你绕圈走着,脚踢地面,紧握拳头,在空中挥舞着手臂。 |
vocabulary简明 | When you clench something, you grip, press, or squeeze it. You might clench your fists when you're angry or clench your teeth when you're worried, for example. |
vocabulary扩展 | People often clench parts of their own bodies, but they can also clench other things. Your grandmother might tend to clench you in her arms when you visit her, and a toddler might clench his stuffed animal to his chest when he falls asleep at night. The Old English root of clench is beclencan, which means "to hold fast or make cling," and it has the same origins as the word cling. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]攥紧(拳头);(拳头)紧握 When you clench your fist or your fist clenches, you curl your fingers up tightly, usually because you are very angry. [V n] [V] [V-ed]
2 [VERB 动词](通常指生气、不安时)咬紧(牙齿),咬牙切齿 When you clench your teeth or they clench, you squeeze your teeth together firmly, usually because you are angry or upset. [V n] [V-ed] [Also V]
3 [VERB 动词]抓紧;握紧;咬紧 If you clench something in your hand or in your teeth, you hold it tightly with your hand or your teeth. [V n]
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