释义 |
white-knuckledˌwhite-ˈknuckled adjective - I could feel strong mechanical tremors vibrating in many directions within my white-knuckled grasp.
- Isabel found her gaze fixed in unwilling fascination on one white-knuckled fist.
- Leonora gripped a rail with white-knuckled hands when the boat bucked as it met the wilder waters of the sound.
- One is myself, white-knuckled and terrified, as Jackie heads past the Casino towards the open sea at something like 150 m.p.h.
- Rachel's hands were white-knuckled on the window-sill as she pictured it, vivid images burning into her mind.
- She saw his hands curl into white-knuckled fists and knew he was fighting to keep them at his sides.
- The hands that normally give the despatch box a confident caress gripped it in white-knuckled nervousness.
if you have white-knuckled hands, your hands are held tightly in a fist because you are anxious or afraid |