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单词 white-knuckle
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white-knuckle

1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
In a fairground, a white-knuckle ride is any large machine that people ride on which is very exciting but also frightening.
...white-knuckle rides such as the rollercoaster.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A white-knuckle experience is something that you find very exciting but also very frightening.
...a hellish white-knuckle ride through the heavy London traffic.

white-knuckle in British English

adjective
causing or experiencing fear or anxiety
a white-knuckle ride

white-knuckle in American English

(ˈhwaɪtˌnʌkəl; ˈwaɪtˌnʌkəl)
adjective
Informal
of or causing great fear, suspense, dread, etc.
Word origin
from the appearance of a hand clenched in fear

Examples of 'white-knuckle' in a sentence
white-knuckle

But if this is all too much of a white-knuckle experience there are rides for allages.
The Sun (2010)
All around the world theme parks compete to build the scariest white-knuckle rollercoaster rides of all.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
When it happened a second time we knew we were in for a white-knuckle ride.
Frankie Dettori with Jonathan Powell FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)
It has been a white-knuckle ride.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The future King was in fits of laughter as he clung to this white-knuckle fairground ride.
The Sun (2006)
It's a white-knuckle thrill ride and the best sightseeing trip on earth combined.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
For policymakers, it has been a white-knuckle ride.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Its gleaming new timbers still manage to look old-fashioned and quaint and a world away from modern white-knuckle rides.
The Sun (2015)
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