clutch

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n. 抓紧, 掌握, 离合器, 一窝小鸡 vt. 抓住, 踩汽车离合器踏板 vi. 抓 [计] 联轴器; 离合器

发音

US /klʌt͡ʃ/

词形变化

clutches 复数 clutches 三单 clutching 现在分词 clutched 过去式 clutched 过去分词 more clutch 比较级 most clutch 最高级

别名

cletch clitch cleach cleak cleek cleik click clouch

教材释义与例句

形容词

没有手提带或背带的；紧要关头的

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    The claw of a predatory animal or bird.

  2. 2.

    A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.

    离合器

  4. 4.

    The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.

    离合器踏板

  5. 5.

    Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.

  6. 6.

    A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)

  7. 7.

    A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.

  8. 8.

    An important or critical situation.

    美国

    to come in clutch

  9. 9.

    A difficult maneuver.

  10. 1.

    A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs; a sitting.

  11. 2.

    A group or bunch (of people or things).

v. C1
  1. 1.

    To seize, as though with claws.

    及物

    to clutch power

  2. 2.

    To grip or grasp tightly.

    抓住

    紧握

    及物

    She clutched her purse tightly and walked nervously into the building.

  3. 3.

    To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.

    游戏

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:clutch.

  4. 4.

    To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.

    游戏 引申义
  5. 1.

    To hatch.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.

    加拿大 美国

词汇关系

名词

同义词 9

hold grip grasp batch clutches clasp clench clutch bag clutch pedal

上位词 10

bag collection purse pedal handbag seizing brood grasping pocketbook coupling

下位词 8

embrace embracing chokehold embracement freewheel schmear schmeer shmear

部分词 1

clutch pedal

整体词 1

transmission
动词

同义词 6

seize cling to get hold of take hold hold tight prehend

上位词 8

take hold overcome overtake overwhelm overpower get hold of whelm

下位词 10

get catch cop grab arrest nail snap capture nest collar

相关短语

clutch at a straw 捞救命稻草, 依靠完全靠不住的东西 clutch at straws 姑且一试,明知不可为而为之 clutch initiation clutch pedal [机] 离合器踏板 clutch initiations clutch bag n. 女用无带提包 clutch bags clutch artist clutch artists clutch pedals clutch one's pearls clutch disc [机] 离合器片 clutch plate clutch plates

词源

From Middle English clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from Old English clyċċan (“to clutch, clench”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkjan, from Proto-Germanic *klukjaną, from Proto-Germanic *klu- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up; lump, mass”). Cognate with Swedish klyka (“clamp, fork, branch”). The noun is from Middle English cleche, cloche, cloke ("claw, talon, hand"; compare Scots cleuk, cluke, cluik (“claw, talon”)), of uncertain origin, with the form probably assimilated to the verb. Alternative etymology derives Old English clyċċan from Proto-Germanic *klēk- (“claw, hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *glēk-, *ǵlēḱ- (“claw, hand; to clutch, snatch”). If so, then cognate with Irish glac (“hand”).

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