clenched

英 [klentʃt]

美 [klentʃt]

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
clench的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：clenched　过去式：clenched　

BNC.15399 / COCA.16614

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。

英英释义

adj

• closed or squeezed together tightly
  1. a clenched fist
  2. his clenched (or clinched) teeth
  Synonym:clinched

双语例句

• Their fists were clenched so tightly that their nails dug deep into their palms.
  他们紧握着拳头，指甲深深地捏进了手心。
• Rudolph frowned, opened and shut his big right hand, and dropped it clenched upon his knee.
  鲁道夫皱起了眉头，打开和关闭他的大右手，并放弃了它在他膝盖握紧。
• The protesters burst through police lines into the cathedral square, shaking clenched fists.
  抗议者冲破警方封锁线来到教堂广场上，挥舞着愤怒的拳头。
• Alex clenched her fists and gritted her teeth
  亚历克丝攥紧拳头，牙咬得咯咯响。
• Bertha clenched her hands, furious because the flush of shame would not leave her cheeks.
  伯莎握紧了双手，为那耻辱的红晕不肯从双颊上消退而躁怒。
• Scarlett's nails dug into her palms as she clenched her fists.
  思嘉紧紧地握着拳头，几乎把指甲插到手心肉里去了。
• Her hands clenched involuntarily.
  她本能地攥紧了拳头。
• Had he not proposed to replace a clenched fist with an outstretched hand?
  如果奥巴马没有建议用伸出的手来代替紧握的拳头呢？
• I clenched the steering wheel in frustration as I drove home.
  回家的路上，我紧握着方向盘，满心的沮丧和失落。
• Now he worked with clenched teeth, his lips pressed back above his beard.
  他咬紧了牙做着工作，胡须上面的嘴唇闭得紧紧的。