1 VERB (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. (通常因害怕或担心)紧握,紧抓
SYN seize, catch, grab, grasp
2 N-PLURAL [usually with poss] 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. 控制;掌握;势力范围
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Tony fell into the clutches of an attractive American who introduced him to drugs.
托尼落入了一个英俊的美国人的控制中,这个人引他走上了吸毒之路。
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Stojanovic escaped their clutches by jumping from a moving vehicle.
斯托扬诺维奇从正在行驶的车上跳了下去,逃出了他们的掌心。
3 N-COUNT (车辆的)离合器踏板 In a vehicle, the clutch is the pedal that you press before you change gear. (车辆的)离合器踏板
4 N-COUNT [oft NOUN of n] 一窝(蛋) A clutch of eggs is a number of eggs laid by a bird at one time. 一窝(蛋)
5 N-COUNT [NOUN of n] 一小群;一小簇 A clutch of people or things is a small group of them. 一小群;一小簇 [written]
6 to clutch at straws→see: straw
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