clutches
v. 抓住,緊緊抓住( clutch的第三人稱單數 ); (因害怕或痛苦)突然抓住
If you clutch at something or clutch something, you hold it tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious.
I staggered and had to clutch at a chair for support...
我踉踉蹌蹌地,不得不抓住一把椅子穩住自己。
She was clutching a photograph.
她緊緊抓著一張照片。
If someone is in another person's clutches, that person has captured them or has power over them.
Tony fell into the clutches of an attractive American who introduced him to drugs...
託尼落入了一個英俊的美國人的控制中,這個人引他走上了吸毒之路。
Stojanovic escaped their clutches by jumping from a moving vehicle.
斯托揚諾維奇從正在行駛的車上跳了下去,逃出了他們的掌心。
In a vehicle, the clutch is the pedal that you press before you change gear.
Laura let out the clutch and pulled slowly away down the drive.
勞拉鬆開離合器踏板,沿車道慢慢駛離。
A clutch of eggs is a number of eggs laid by a bird at one time.
...the second clutch of eggs.
第二窩蛋
A clutch of people or things is a small group of them.
The party has attracted a clutch of young southern liberals.
聚會吸引了一群南部的年輕開明人士。
...a clutch of songs about adolescent experiences.
一組有關青少年經歷的歌曲
1. the act of grasping;
Stojanovic escaped their clutches by jumping from a moving vehicle.
斯托揚諾維奇從正在行駛的車上跳了下去,逃出了他們的掌心。
She clutches the sides of her skirt until it bunches around her waist.
她捏著裙子的兩側,直到裙子在她腰部打起了褶。
He fell into the clutches of the criminal gang.
他落到了犯罪集團的魔爪中.
As the saying goes, a drowning man clutches at a straw.
正如俗話所說, 溺水的人見到一根稻草也要抓.
Once out of their clutches, he believed he could dash straight back to Haidian!
由這裡一跑, 他相信,一步就能跑回海淀!