| 单词 | white-knuckled |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite-knuckled white-knuckled adj. having white knuckles; (in extended use) tense from barely contained emotion, esp. fear or suspense; designating fear, etc., of this kind (cf. white-knuckle adj.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adjective] > having white knuckles white-knuckled1872 white-knuckle1968 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > bones of hand > [adjective] > bone at finger-joint knuckly1870 white-knuckled1872 knucklesome1919 1872 St. Pauls Mag. Nov. 580 The driver..sent his vehicle reeling and bumping—his passengers holding on to their seats with white-knuckled hands. 1929 D. Ling Old Buddha xxxviii. 285 Boxers..were..gripping bayoneted rifles in white knuckled hands. 1973 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 8 Sept. 8/6 He meets local editors, goes on talk shows, flies white-knuckled in bumpy bush planes. 1989 Daily Tel. 16 Sept. 8/2 A white-knuckled sailor in a fat rented boat, who shrieks orders at his wife as she nips ashore with the bow rope. 2009 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 17/1 Low-budget horror doesn't aim for white-knuckled fear so much as a kind of grisly camp. < as lemmas |
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