英语词汇“clutch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

clutch

释义

to grasp or hold (something) with or as if with the hand or claws, esp tightly or suddenly

verb intrans

(often + at) to seek to grasp and hold

to operate the clutch on a motor vehicle

[Old English clyccan]

the claws or a hand in the act of grasping or seizing firmly

(in pl) control or possession

At last she was in his clutches

a device for gripping an object, e.g. attached to the end of a chain or tackle

a coupling used to connect and disconnect a driving and a driven part of a mechanism

a lever or pedal operating such a clutch, esp in a motor vehicle

NAmer a critical or decisive moment, esp in a game; crunch² (2)

a nest of eggs or a brood of chicks

a group of people or things

[alteration of English dialect cletch hatching, brood]

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