Clutch

[klʌtʃ]

解释:

(noun.) a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism; 'this year's model has an improved clutch'.

(noun.) a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; 'he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other'.

(noun.) a number of birds hatched at the same time.

(noun.) a tense critical situation; 'he is a good man in the clutch'.

克洛伊校对--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.

(n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary.

(n.) A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure.

(n.) Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.

(n.) The nest complement of eggs of a bird.

(n.) To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power.

(n.) To close tightly; to clinch.

(v. i.) To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at.

科尔校对

同义词及近义词：

v. a. Grasp, gripe, grapple, seize, catch, snatch, lay hold of, fasten upon.

n. Grasp, gripe, seizure.

凯西整理

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Grasp, grab, seize, catch, grip, grapple_with, snatch, pounce

ANT:Liberate, release, emancipate

乔安娜录入

解释:

n. (prov.) a brood of chickens a 'sitting' of eggs.—v.t. to hatch.

v.t. to close the hand: to carry off: to hold firmly: to seize or grasp.—n. a grasp; seizure.—n.pl. Clutch′es the hands or paws: cruelty: rapacity.

伊莱录入