動變: 過去式:clenched 過去分詞:clenched 現在進行時:clenching
名複: clenches
clench
KK:[klɛntʃ] DJ:[klеntʃ]
vt.
- 捏緊，握緊；抓緊
- 咬緊
- 敲（釘）環腳
vi.
- 緊握；緊抓；緊咬；收緊
- （釘等）釘牢
n.[C]
- 緊握；緊抓；緊咬
- 敲（釘）環腳
辨析
以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
v.
- (with reference to one's fist or teeth) close or press together tightly, in response to stress or anger.
- hold tightly and firmly.
- (of muscles or a muscular part of the body) contract sharply.
n.
the action of clenching or the state of being clenched.Derivative
- clenched adj.
Etymology
OE (in the sense of clinch ‘fix securely’): of Gmc origin; rel. to cling.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》