clutch

UK:  [klʌtʃ]

US:  [klʌtʃ]

过去分词：clutched  现在分词：clutching  第三人称单数：clutches  

n.

1.(一把)抓住;掌握,(抓牢不放的)手,魔掌,毒手

2.一次孵的蛋;一窝雏;一捆(书等);一组(人等)

3.【航海】有叉支柱;(鹰等的)爪;【机械工程】离合器(踏板)

4.(女用)没有提梁的手提包〔由于需用手抓住〕

5.〔美口〕(体育比赛中的)紧要关头

6.〔机〕联轴器;夹紧装置;套管;凸轮

v.

1.抓,抓住;攫住;握紧

1 . He has no sort of plan; he is afraid of everything; but all parties clutch at him and insist on his support.
他没有任何计划，他什么都怕，但各党派都拉拢他，要求他参加。

2 . The careless, the slow, the unobservant, the lazy fail to see it, or clutch at it when it has gone.
粗心大意、行动迟缓、精神涣散、好吃懒做的人都无法看到机会的到来，在它离去的时候也无法抓住。

3 . All I ever remember your saying about her was that she had the tightest clutch on a pound.
我曾记得你说过，她是一个嗜钱如命的家伙。

4 . The clutch smoothly engage a spinning engine to a non-spinning transmission by controlling the slippage between them.
离合器借助相互之间的打滑，使转动的发动机与静止的传动系平稳接合。

5 . Caretaker boss Kenny Dalglish had to wait until his fourth game back in charge for a victory due to a clutch of rearguard lapses.
临时教练肯尼达格利什自从回归接管球队以来，由于一系列的后防失误，需要等到他的第四场比赛才取得胜利。