clenching

英 [ˈklentʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈklentʃɪŋ]

v.  (通常表示愤怒、决心或不安时)捏紧，攥紧(拳头等)，咬紧(牙齿等); 握紧; 抓牢; 攥住
clench的现在分词

现在分词：clenching　

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 攥紧(拳头)；(拳头)紧握
  When youclenchyour fist or your fistclenches, you curl your fingers up tightly, usually because you are very angry.
  1. Alex clenched her fists and gritted her teeth...
     亚历克丝攥紧拳头，牙咬得咯咯响。
  2. She pulled at his sleeve and he turned on her, fists clenching again before he saw who it was.
     她拉了拉他的袖子，他双拳再次握紧，气冲冲地转过身来，这才发现是她。
  3. ...angry protestors with clenched fists.
     双拳紧握的愤怒的抗议者们
• VERB (通常指生气、不安时)咬紧(牙齿)，咬牙切齿
  When youclenchyour teeth or theyclench, you squeeze your teeth together firmly, usually because you are angry or upset.
  1. Patsy had to clench her jaw to suppress her anger...
     帕奇只得咬紧牙关压住怒气。
  2. Slowly, he released his breath through clenched teeth.
     他从紧咬的牙缝间慢慢地舒了口气。
• VERB 抓紧;握紧;咬紧
  If youclenchsomething in your hand or in your teeth, you hold it tightly with your hand or your teeth.
  1. I clenched the arms of my chair.
     我死死抓住椅子扶手。

双语例句

• In the laboratory, grinding right teeth can play and halt music on an iPod while clenching left teeth makes it skip to the next track, he said.
  据他介绍，在实验室所做的实验中，咬紧右边的牙齿能够启动和停止iPod，咬左边的牙则能使播放器跳至下一个节目。
• Sitting in a dark movie theater, leaning forward with your eyes fixed on the screen and hands clenching the edge of the seat, you hear the couple behind you whisper: Is that Matt Damon?
  坐在漆黑的电影院里，双眼紧紧盯着前方的屏幕，双手紧握座椅的把手，你听到你身后的一对窃窃私语：那是马特达蒙吗？
• A sixth-grade girl hid from a home intruder in her bathroom closet, clenching a pistol.
  一个六年级的小女孩躲开闯贼藏进了卫生间，手里紧紧握着一把手枪。
• Thus performing a dance that signifies aggressive intent is an altogether different thing from snarling or clenching fists and outburst of anger.
  故而，像舞蹈可以呈现攻击的意向，但不同于吼叫、握紧拳头等愤怒样。
• When she had gone I began to walk up and down the room, clenching my fists.
  她走后，我在屋里踱来踱去，紧攥着拳头。
• Effects of Clenching One's Fist and Relaxing One's Hold on the Venipuncture of Hand Back
  握拳与手放松对手背静脉穿刺成功率的影响
• Analysis of brain activity during clenching task in patients with chewing-side preference by fMRI
  偏侧咀嚼患者紧咬牙运动的功能性磁共振成像研究
• Study of the Stress Distribution in the TMJ during Clenching with the Three-dimensional Finite Element Method; Stress Distribution of Maxillary Embedded Canine Periodontium and Moving Tendency in Conditions of Drawing Forces Regimens
  牙尖交错位紧咬牙时颞下颌关节应力分布的三维有限元研究上颌埋伏尖牙在牵引力作用下的位移趋势及牙周应力分析
• A few of the men hold onto their composure by gripping armrests and clenching teeth, but their fear was written all over them.
  只有几个男人通过抓住椅子把手咬紧牙关保持住镇静，但是他们的恐惧都写在他们脸上。
• She ate and drank eagerly; and sank back on her pillow again clenching her hands and groaning.
  她挺起劲地吃了喝了，又躺在她的枕头上，握紧拳头，呻吟着。