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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Objective To investigate the stress distribution in the normal temporomandibular joint ( TMJ) during clenching using a coupled meshless-finite element method.
  目的应用无单元&有限元耦合法探讨正常人牙尖交错位紧咬牙时颞下颌关节内的应力分布情况。
• Clenching your fist could be enough to help you get a grip on your memory.
  攥拳头足以帮助你掌握记忆法门。
• Beethoven is said to have overcome his deafness by attaching a rod to his piano and clenching it between his teeth, enabling the musical vibrations to travel through his jawbone to his inner ear.
  Beethoven声称找到了克服自己耳聋欣赏音乐的方法，即通过用牙齿咬住固定在钢琴上的手柄，使音乐的震动经颌骨传至他的内耳。
• 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。
• Clenching her lips, she nodded.
  她紧闭着嘴唇，点点头。
• 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。
• 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。