clutch at
phrasal verbclutch at something/somebody
- to try to quickly get hold of something/somebody
试图一把抓住 - The child clutched at his mother's skirt.
那孩子伸手去抓妈妈的裙子。 - He felt himself slipping and clutched at a branch.
他感到自己滑了一下，便一把抓住一根树枝。
- The child clutched at his mother's skirt.