及物动词

名词

1. (通常因害怕或担心)紧握，紧抓
If you clutch at something or clutch something, you hold it tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious.

2. 控制;掌握;势力范围
If someone is in another person's clutches, that person has captured them or has power over them.

3. (车辆的)离合器踏板
In a vehicle, the clutch is the pedal that you press before you change gear.

4. 一窝(蛋)
A clutch of eggs is a number of eggs laid by a bird at one time.

5. 一小群;一小簇
A clutch of people or things is a small group of them.

6. to clutch at straws - see straw

1. the act of grasping

e.g. he released his clasp on my arm
he has a strong grip for an old man
she kept a firm hold on the railing

Synonym: claspclenchclutchesgraspgriphold

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

e.g. this year's model has an improved clutch

3. a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism

e.g. he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other

Synonym: clutch pedal

4. a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand

Synonym: clutch bag

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

Synonym: batch

6. a number of birds hatched at the same time

7. a tense critical situation

e.g. he is a good man in the clutch