clutch

• n. 离合器；控制；手；紧急关头
• vi. 攫；企图抓住
• vt. 抓住；紧握
• adj. 没有手提带或背带的；紧要关头的

词源同cling,clench.

1. the act of grasping;

"he released his clasp on my arm"

"he has a strong grip for an old man"

"she kept a firm hold on the railing"

2. a tense critical situation;

"he is a good man in the clutch"

3. a number of birds hatched at the same time

4. a collection of things or persons to be handled together

5. a pedal that operates a clutch

6. a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism

clutch

clutch: Clutch ‘seize’ [14] and clutch of eggs [18] are separate words, although they may ultimately be related. The verb arose in Middle English as a variant of the now obsolete clitch, which came from Old English clyccan ‘bend, clench’. The modern sense of the noun, ‘device for engaging a motor vehicle’s gears’, which was introduced at the end of the 19th century, developed from a more general early 19thcentury meaning ‘coupling for bringing working parts together’, based no doubt on the notion of ‘seizing’ and ‘grasping’. Clutch of eggs is a variant of the now obsolete dialectal form cletch [17].

This was a derivative of the Middle English verb clecken ‘give birth’, which was borrowed from Old Norse klekja (probably a distant relative of clutch ‘seize’).

clutch (v.)

Old English clyccan "bring together, bend (the fingers), clench," from PIE *klukja- (cognates: Swedish klyka "clamp, fork;" related to cling). Meaning "to grasp" is early 14c.; that of "to seize with the claws or clutches" is from late 14c. Sense of "hold tightly and close" is from c. 1600. Influenced in meaning by Middle English cloke "a claw." Related: Clutched; clutching.

clutch (n.3)

"a brood, a nest" in reference to chickens, eggs, 1721, from clekken "to hatch" (c. 1400). Said by OED to be apparently a southern England dialect word. Compare batch/bake. Probably from a Scandinavian source (such as Old Norse klekja "to hatch"), perhaps of imitative origin (compare cluck (v.)).

clutch (n.1)

"a claw, grip, grasp," c. 1300, from cloche "claw," from cloke (c. 1200), related to clucchen, clicchen (see clutch (v.)). Meaning "grasping hand" (1520s) led to that of "tight grasp" (1784). Related: Clutches.

clutch (n.2)

movable mechanical part for transmitting motion, 1814, from clutch (v.), with the "seizing" sense extended to "device for bringing working parts together." Originally of mill-works, first used of motor vehicles 1899. Meaning "moment when heroics are required" is attested from 1920s.

take, grasp, grab, grip, clasp, clutch, snatch, seize

这些动词均有"抓住，握紧"之意。

take： 最普通用词，不带感情色彩。指用手抓、取某东西或控制某物。

grasp： 指紧紧抓住、抓牢。

grab： 指粗暴而急迫的抓住。

grip： 语气比grasp强，指用手的最大力量紧紧抓住。

clasp： 指用手紧握或用臂紧抱。

clutch： 强调匆忙、紧急地抓、抓紧。

snatch： 指突然抢走，侧重动作更快或更具暴力性质。

seize： 指突然抓住某物，强调突然的猛烈动作。

He clutched the child to him.

他紧紧地抱住小孩。

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She stood there, the flowers still clutched in her hand.

她站在那里，手里仍然紧握着花束。

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I clutched on to the chair for support.

我紧紧抓住椅子撑着身体。

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He gasped and clutched his stomach.

他喘着气突然按住自己的胃部。

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Fear clutched at her heart.

她突然感到一阵恐惧袭上心头。

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Put your foot on the clutch.

把你的脚放在离合器踏板上。

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The car needs a new clutch.

这辆车需要换一个新的离合器了。

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He's won a whole clutch of awards.

他获得一大堆奖。

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He managed to escape from their clutches .

他设法摆脱了他们的控制。

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Now that she had him in her clutches , she wasn't going to let go.

她既然已经把他控制在自己手里，就不打算让他脱身。

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(figurative)She felt the sudden clutch of fear.

她突然感到一阵恐惧。

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...a clutch of songs about adolescent experiences.

一组有关青少年经历的歌曲

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The party has attracted a clutch of young southern liberals.

聚会吸引了一群南部的年轻开明人士。

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I staggered and had to clutch at a chair for support...

我踉踉跄跄地，不得不抓住一把椅子稳住自己。

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She was clutching a photograph.

她紧紧抓着一张照片。

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Tony fell into the clutches of an attractive American who introduced him to drugs...

托尼落入了一个英俊的美国人的控制中，这个人引他走上了吸毒之路。

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Stojanovic escaped their clutches by jumping from a moving vehicle.

斯托扬诺维奇从正在行驶的车上跳了下去，逃出了他们的掌心。

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Laura let out the clutch and pulled slowly away down the drive.

劳拉松开离合器踏板，沿车道慢慢驶离。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the second clutch of eggs.

第二窝蛋

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The clutch disc has a splined hub that fits over splines on the transmission input shaft.

离合器盘毂花键有超过上传输输入轴花键配合.

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She released the clutch and the car began to move.

她放开离合器,汽车就动了.

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Suddenly the clutch just disengaged.

突然抓握就松开了.

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Yao seems exceptionally good at clutch steals blocks.

姚明看上去非常的善于关键封盖和盗球.

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Our company specialized in producing HMC brand clutch motor, table and stand and the AC.

本公司专业生产工业缝纫机电机、台板 、 及包装行业打包机、封口机等电机.

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