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

• 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。
• Keeps your hands and jaw relaxed; no clenching.
  让你的手和下巴放松，而不是紧握着。
• Bruxism is a disorder characterized by grinding and clenching of the teeth, companied with fasciculation of masticatory muscles in nonfunctional status.
  磨牙症是在非功能状态下咀嚼肌发生自发性收缩，使上下牙彼此磨动或紧咬的现象。
• 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。
• 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？
• After treatment the MCV of MM, TA and DA were significant increased in maximum clenching and chewing movement.
  反牙合解除后紧咬及双侧咀嚼运动MM、TA及DA肌电水平明显增加。
• Warning signs can include: tightness in the throat or chest, shallow or rapid breathing, a clenching of the teeth or jaw, negative thoughts about oneself or feelings of being overwhelmed.
  预警信号包括：喉咙或胸口发紧，呼吸变得急促，咬紧牙关，对自己产生负面想法或感觉不堪重负。
• 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。
• 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。
• Instead of clenching my fist at new assignments
  不是紧握拳头痛苦地对待新的挑战