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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• When you feel your fists clenching or your forearms tensing, drop your arms to your sides and shake them out for a few seconds to release the tension.
  当您感到双拳紧握或前臂紧张时，放下双臂于二侧甩几秒钟，放松一下。
• 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？
• It is thought that the movement of clenching the right fist activates a brain region that is involved in storing memories, while squeezing the left hand triggers an area that is key to retrieving information.
  研究人员认为，握紧右拳的动作激活了和储存记忆相关的大脑区域，而握紧左拳的动作激活了大脑中与回忆信息相关的关键区域。
• When she had gone I began to walk up and down the room, clenching my fists.
  她走后，我在屋里踱来踱去，紧攥着拳头。
• 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
• 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。