clenches

英 [ˈklentʃɪz]

美 [ˈklentʃɪz]

v.  (通常表示愤怒、决心或不安时)捏紧，攥紧(拳头等)，咬紧(牙齿等); 握紧; 抓牢; 攥住
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柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 攥紧(拳头)；(拳头)紧握
  When youclenchyour fist or your fistclenches, you curl your fingers up tightly, usually because you are very angry.
  1. Alex clenched her fists and gritted her teeth...
     亚历克丝攥紧拳头，牙咬得咯咯响。
  2. She pulled at his sleeve and he turned on her, fists clenching again before he saw who it was.
     她拉了拉他的袖子，他双拳再次握紧，气冲冲地转过身来，这才发现是她。
  3. ...angry protestors with clenched fists.
     双拳紧握的愤怒的抗议者们
• VERB (通常指生气、不安时)咬紧(牙齿)，咬牙切齿
  When youclenchyour teeth or theyclench, you squeeze your teeth together firmly, usually because you are angry or upset.
  1. Patsy had to clench her jaw to suppress her anger...
     帕奇只得咬紧牙关压住怒气。
  2. Slowly, he released his breath through clenched teeth.
     他从紧咬的牙缝间慢慢地舒了口气。
• VERB 抓紧;握紧;咬紧
  If youclenchsomething in your hand or in your teeth, you hold it tightly with your hand or your teeth.
  1. I clenched the arms of my chair.
     我死死抓住椅子扶手。

双语例句

• To be uncontrollable, as a horse is when it clenches its teeth on the bit; to cast off or refuse restraint.
  难以控制，如上嚼子的马紧咬着嚼子；释放或摆脱束缚。
• Once talking about a person, if he clenches his fists, then he hates this guy very much.
  一个人一旦谈论他的拳头，如果他的人们，然后他讨厌这个家伙非常愉快。
• His stomach clenches, and he runs to the loo to be sick.
  他的胃扭结在一起，他因为那种恶心感而冲向了洗手间。
• She's got me doing butt clenches at my desk.
  她叫我在公司做收臀运动。
• Her knuckles whiten as she clenches her hands harder.
  她的手握得越来越紧，指节都变白了。
• Does directs this line, means that clenches the teeth and is duty-bound not to turn back.
  干上导演这一行，就意味着咬紧牙关和义无反顾。
• I was able to meet the person buried under the clenches of her illness.
  我可以遇到这么一些饱受病魔折磨的人。
• It is not pomp or pretension, but the adaption of the expression to the idea, that clenches a writer's meaning.
  要确切表达作者的意思，关键并不在文词是否华丽堂皇，而在于是否切合内容。
• A trial was deemed a success if at least four sets of alternate clenches were performed in this way.
  如果通过这种方式进行四组交替握手，那么实验就是成功的。