单词 | clutch |
释义 | clutch (once / 371 pages) 1vn 2vn 3n 4n 5n 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. As a noun, clutch has many meanings: a brood of chickens, a strapless purse, the extra pedal in a stick-shift car. But the verb remains a great way to describe grasping. "Once I knew only darkness and stillness . . . but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living,” said Helen Keller, recalling the moment she learned to read Braille. WORD FAMILYclutch: clutched, clutching, declutch+/declutch: declutched USAGE EXAMPLESRaiders left tackle Donald Penn left the game clutching his left knee but Del Rio said he thinks Penn should be fine for next week. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Now the Lions may need one more clutch performance from their franchise quarterback to advance to the playoffs. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived Friday in Norfolk to cheers from hundreds of spouses and children clutching balloons and flowers and waving signs. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v take hold of; grab She clutched her purse Syn|Hypo|Hyper prehend, seize nab seize suddenly rackseize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block clawclutch as if in panic apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick uptake into custody capture, catch, getsucceed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase collarseize by the neck or collar claspgrasp firmly griphold fast or firmly grabtake or grasp suddenly catch, grab, take hold oftake hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of snap, snatch, snatch upto grasp hastily or eagerly clench, clinchhold in a tight grasp grapple, gripto grip or seize, as in a wrestling match harpoonspear with a harpoon fishcatch or try to catch fish or shellfish hookcatch with a hook net, nettcatch with a net recapture, retakecapture again swoop, swoop upseize or catch with a swooping motion intercept, stopseize on its way bite, seize with teethto grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitchsqueeze tightly between the fingers lasso, ropecatch with a lasso get hold of, take get into one's hands, take physically 2v hold firmly, usually with one's hands She clutched my arm when she got scared Syn|Hypo|Hyper cling to, hold close, hold tight cuddle, draw close, nest, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position hold, take hold have or hold in one's hands or grip 3n the act of grasping 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper clasp, clench, clutches, grasp, grip, hold choke hold, chokehold a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind embrace, embracement, embracingthe act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) wrestling holda hold used in the sport of wrestling cuddle, nestle, snugglea close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace clinch, hug, squeezea tight or amorous embrace bear huga wrestling hold with arms locked tightly around the opponent nelsonany of several wrestling holds in which an arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind and the hand exerts pressure on the back of the neck Japanese strangleholda wrestling hold in which the opponent's arms are crossed in front of his own neck to exert pressure on his windpipe lockany wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured scissor grip, scissor hold, scissors, scissors grip, scissors holda wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze strangleholda wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe toeholda wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints grasping, prehension, seizing, taking hold the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) 1v affect Syn|Hyper get hold of, seize overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli 2n a tense critical situation 3he is a good man in the clutch Hyper temporary state a state that continues for a limited time 1n a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism this year's model has an improved clutch Hypo|Hyper freewheel a clutch (as on the rear wheel of a bicycle) that allows wheels to turn freely (as in coasting) friction clutcha clutch in which one part turns the other by the friction between them cone clutch, cone friction clutcha friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are cone-shaped disk clutcha friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are disks slip clutch, slip friction clutcha friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great coupler, coupling a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects 2n a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism 4he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other Syn|Hyper clutch pedal foot lever, foot pedal, pedal, treadle a lever that is operated with the foot 1n a collection of things or persons to be handled together Syn|Hypo|Hyper batch schmear, schmeer, shmear (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole 2n a number of birds hatched at the same time 5Hyper brood the young of an animal cared for at one time n a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand Syn|Hyper clutch bag bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) |
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