词汇 | clutched |
释义 | clutched past simple and past participle ofclutch clutch verb[ I or T ] uk /klʌtʃ/ us /klʌtʃ/ C2 to take or try to take hold of something or someone tightly, usually in fear, worry, or pain: clutch ontoSilent and pale, she clutched onto her mother's hand.她一声不吭,面色苍白,死死抓着母亲的手。 clutch something to somethingClutching the money to his chest, he hurried to the bank.他把钱紧紧捂在胸前,急急忙忙赶到了银行。 He collapsed, clutching his stomach.他紧紧捂着肚子,倒了下去。 to hold someone or something holdCan you hold this for a moment? claspHe reached out to clasp her hand. gripThe baby gripped my finger with her tiny hand. clutchSilent and pale, she clutched her mother's hand. clingOne little girl was clinging onto a cuddly toy. hang onThe child was hanging on to her mother's skirt. Having in your hands arm chokehold clasp clench cling clutch dandle grasp grim grip hand in handidiom handle hang hang/hold on like grim deathidiom join handsidiom nurse onto purchase seize taken Idiomclutch your pearls Phrasal verbclutch at something Examples of clutchedclutched In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But it clutched at their necks so hard that all the feathers were worn away. Handfuls of grass and earth were clutched in the hands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I clutched it and ran home with it until it nearly made a hole in the palm of my hand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They clutched at a little more life—a £2,000,000 gulp of oxygen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Turn to the other popular straws which have been clutched at for relieving unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I still hope that there may be a straw that can be clutched, because the majority of people wonder where this will end. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such ideas are not clutched out of the air by those in government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was one of the main fig-leaves that he clutched when trying to protect his failures in teacher recruitment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The harder he blew, the more the man clutched his overcoat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first is that capital is not just clutched out of the sky. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everywhere we go, people with mobile phones clutched to their ear are holding inane conversations for everyone else to hear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One day that child crawled under the computer table, clutched a radiator and would not come out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Suddenly they have taken it and clutched it to their bosoms as a way of repressing people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I saw not only one but about four of them with telephones clutched to their ears as soon as they hit a stretch of open road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How many parents last night will have clutched their own children to them, looking at them differently and imagining the pain which, for others, is all too real? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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