clutch
clutch1
verb
clutch at straws
clutch2
noun
verb
- [with obj.]grasp or seize (something) tightly or eagerly
抓住，攫住，紧握，紧抓
he stood clutching a microphone.
他紧握话筒站着。
[no obj.]Mrs Longhill clutched at the idea.
朗希尔太太抱定这个想法不放。
- a tight grasp or an act of grasping something
紧抓；抓住
she made a clutch at his body.
她伸手抓住他的身体。
■(someone's clutches)a person's power or control, especially when perceived as cruel or inescapable
（尤指某人残酷或无法逃脱的）掌握，控制，魔爪，毒手
he had narrowly escaped the clutches of the Nazis.
他侥幸逃脱了纳粹的魔爪。 - a mechanism for connecting and disconnecting a vehicle engine and its transmission system
（车辆的）离合器
■the pedal operating such a mechanism
离合器踏板
■an arrangement for connecting and disconnecting the working parts of any machine
（机械的）离合装置 - (N. Amer.)a clutch bag
(北美)女式无带手提包
clutch at straws
- 见 straw
- Middle English (in the sense 'bend, crook'): variant of obsolete clitch 'close the hand', from Old English clyccan 'crook, clench', of Germanic origin
clutch2
noun
- a group of eggs fertilized at the same time, typically laid in a single session and (in birds) incubated together
同时受精的一组卵（尤指一次下的蛋或鸟一次孵的卵）
■a brood of chicks
一窝小鸡
■a small group of people or things
一小群，一小组（人或物）
a clutch of brightly painted holiday homes.
几幢涂漆鲜艳的度假屋。
- early 18th cent.: probably a southern variant of northern English dialect cletch, related to Middle English cleck 'to hatch', from Old Norse klekja
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