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vice TOOL esp. Br and AusAm usually vise vaIsn [C]a tool with two parts which can be moved together by tightening a screw so that an object can be held firmly between them while it is being worked on<英、澳>(台)虎钳Vices are often used to hold pieces of wood that are being cut or smoothed.台虎钳常常用来夹住要切割或刨光的木头。Her hand tightened like a vice around his arm.她的手像台虎钳一样箍住了他的手臂。Something that is vice-like is very tight虎钳似的He holds his tennis racket with a vice-like grip.他像虎钳一样紧紧地握着网球拍。She maintains vice-like control over her staff.她像虎钳一样牢牢地管制着她的员工。A heart attack produces a vice-like pain (= a pain which feels like something is tightening round your chest).心脏病发作时产生如同虎钳夹绞般的疼痛。
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