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

• 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。
• 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。
• Brain Activities during Maximum Voluntary Clenching with Soft Occlusal Pad in Healthy Adults by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  健康成人戴用软？垫紧咬运动时脑激活区域的功能性磁共振成像研究
• 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。
• Japanese researchers have developed head gear that uses infrared sensors and a microcomputer to let people operate music players by clenching their teeth.
  日本研究人员近日开发出一种使用红外线传感器和微型计算机的头套，通过这种装置，人们只需咬紧牙就能启动音乐播放器。
• 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。
• Do you have a habit of clenching your teeth?
  您有紧咬牙的习惯吗？
• I'll never get used to them, she thought, clenching her fists.
  我永远也看不惯这些家伙，她握紧双拳，心里想。
• 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。
• You could be constantly swinging your leg or crossing your arms and clenching your fists and the audience will feel uncomfortable.
  发言者可能会不停地颤脚，或者交叉双手，紧握拳头，听众会因此感到不舒服。