clutch
clutch 英 [klʌtʃ] 美 [klʌtʃ]
n. 离合器；控制；一批 v. 抓住；紧握
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- To clutch is to grasp or hold on to tightly. Some people clutch the safety bar on the roller coaster for dear life; others throw their hands in the air.
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- n. 离合器；控制；一批
- v. 抓住；紧握
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1. He clutched the child to him.
他紧紧地抱住小孩。
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2. She stood there, the flowers still clutched in her hand.
她站在那里，手里仍然紧握着花束。
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3. I clutched on to the chair for support.
我紧紧抓住椅子撑着身体。
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4. He gasped and clutched his stomach.
他喘着气突然按住自己的胃部。
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5. Fear clutched at her heart.
她突然感到一阵恐惧袭上心头。
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6. Put your foot on the clutch.
把你的脚放在离合器踏板上。
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7. The car needs a new clutch.
这辆车需要换一个新的离合器了。
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8. He's won a whole clutch of awards.
他获得一大堆奖品。
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9. He managed to escape fromtheir clutches.
他设法摆脱了他们的控制。
- clutch (n.1) "a grip, grasp, tight hold," c. 1200, plural, cleches, from or related to the verb clucchen, clicchen (see clutch (v.)). Clutches "the hands," suggesting grasping rapacity or cruelty, is from 1520s.
- clutch (n.2) "movable mechanical coupling or locking and unlocking contrivance for transmitting motion," 1814, from clutch (v.), with the "seizing" sense extended to "device for bringing working parts together." Originally of mill-works, first used of motor vehicles 1899. Meaning "moment when heroics are required" is attested from 1920s.
- clutch (n.3) "a brood, the number of eggs incubated at any one time," in reference to chickens, 1721, a southern England dialectal variant of cletch (1690s), noun from cleck (v.), which is from Middle English clekken "to hatch, give birth to" (c. 1400), which is probably from a Scandinavian source (such as Old Norse klekja "to hatch"), perhaps of imitative origin (compare cluck (v.)). Compare batch/bake.
- clutch (v.) Old English clyccan "bring together, bend (the fingers), clench," from PIE *klukja- (source also of Swedish klyka "clamp, fork;" related to cling). Meaning "to grasp" is early 14c.; that of "to seize with the claws or clutches" is from late 14c. Sense of "hold tightly and close" is from c. 1600. Influenced in meaning by Middle English cloke "a claw." Related: Clutched; clutching.
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