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单词 clench
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clench

(klentʃ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense clenches, present participle clenching, past tense, past participle clenched
1. verb
When you clench your fist or your fist clenches, you curl your fingers up tightly, usually because you are very angry.
Alex clenched her fists and gritted her teeth. [VERB noun]
She pulled at his sleeve and he turned on her, fists clenching again before he sawwho it was. [VERB]
...angry protestors with clenched fists. [VERB-ed]
2. verb
When you clench your teeth or they clench, you squeeze your teeth together firmly, usually because you are angry or upset.
Patsy had to clench her jaw to suppress her anger. [VERB noun]
Slowly, he released his breath through clenched teeth. [VERB-ed]
[Also VERB]
3. verb
If you clench something in your hand or in your teeth, you hold it tightly with your hand or your teeth.
I clenched the arms of my chair. [VERB noun]

clench in British English

(klɛntʃ)
verb (transitive)
1. 
to close or squeeze together (the teeth, a fist, etc) tightly
2. 
to grasp or grip firmly
noun
3. 
a firm grasp or grip
4. 
a device that grasps or grips, such as a clamp
noun, verb
5.  another word for clinch
Word origin
Old English beclencan, related to Old High German klenken to tie, Middle High German klank noose, Dutch klinken rivet

clench in American English

(klɛntʃ)
verb transitive
1. 
clinch (vt. 1)
2. 
to bring together tightly; close (the teeth or fist) firmly
3. 
to grip tightly
noun
4. 
a firm grip
5. 
a device that clenches
Derived forms
clencher (ˈclencher)
noun
Word origin
ME clenchen < OE -clencan (in beclencan), lit., to make cling, caus. of clingan: see cling

Examples of 'clench' in a sentence
clench

He clenched his jaw and went from one day to the next.
Christianity Today (2000)
His lantern swung from his tightly clenched hand.
Herman Melville Moby Dick (1901)
The roars from around the green were acknowledged with a clenched right fist.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Burnell put a clenched fist under his nose.
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life (1994)
When his chest was pierced, he clenched his fist.
The Sun (2010)
I also noticed her jaw was clenched very tightly and she was very stiff and pale.
The Sun (2015)
I clenched my hand into a fist.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His eyes were bulging, and his fists were clenched so tight they went as white as the stripes on his shirt.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He clenched his fist, then, crushing the leaf.
Zindell, David The Broken God (1993)
He staggered up the steps and confronted me, jaw clenched and eyes stony, as if he had seen a ghost.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
At the playground she shadows his progress, car keys clenched in her hand in case they have to dash to A&E.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)

In other languages
clench

British English: clench VERB
When you clench your fist or your fist clenches, you curl your fingers up tightly, usually because you are very angry.
She clenched her fists and gritted her teeth.
  • American English: clench
  • Brazilian Portuguese: cerrar
  • Chinese: 握紧
  • European Spanish: apretar
  • French: serrer
  • German: ballen
  • Italian: stringere
  • Japanese: 握り締める
  • Korean: 꽉 쥐다
  • European Portuguese: cerrar
  • Latin American Spanish: apretar

Chinese translation of 'clench'

clench

(klɛntʃ)

vt

  1. [fist] 捏紧(緊) (niējǐn)
  2. [teeth] 咬紧(緊) (yǎojǐn)
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