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

• Do you have a habit of clenching your teeth?
  您有紧咬牙的习惯吗？
• The system could also allow users to flip through pages of a PowerPoint demonstration, allowing the presenter to gesture freely by clenching teeth instead of pressing buttons.
  人们还能通过这一系统翻动PowerPoint演示页，这样演示者就可以腾出双手自由地做手势了，因为他们只需要咬咬牙，不用再按键了。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• Clenching our fist, we will get nothing; but opening our arms, we will embrace more opportunities.
  攥着拳头，什么都得不到，张开双臂，才能拥抱更多的机遇。
• Clenching your fist could be enough to help you get a grip on your memory.
  攥拳头足以帮助你掌握记忆法门。
• Objective To investigate the stress distribution in the normal temporomandibular joint ( TMJ) during clenching using a coupled meshless-finite element method.
  目的应用无单元&有限元耦合法探讨正常人牙尖交错位紧咬牙时颞下颌关节内的应力分布情况。
• Clenching her lips, she nodded.
  她紧闭着嘴唇，点点头。
• Instead of clenching my fist at new assignments
  不是紧握拳头痛苦地对待新的挑战