clutched
past simple and past participle ofclutch
| 单词 | clutched |
| 释义 | clutched past simple and past participle ofclutch clutch verb[IorT] uk/klʌtʃ/us/klʌtʃ/C2 to take ortryto takeholdof somethingtightly, usually infear,worry, orpain: Silent andpale, she clutched(onto)her mother'shand. Clutching themoneytohischest, hehurriedto thebank. Hecollapsed, clutching hisstomach. to hold someone or something
Having in your hands
Idiomclutchyourpearls Phrasal verbclutch atsomething Examplesofclutchedclutched In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But itclutchedat their necks so hard that all the feathers were worn away. From theCambridge English Corpus Handfuls of grass and earth wereclutchedin the hands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Iclutchedit and ran home with it until it nearly made a hole in the palm of my hand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theyclutchedat a little more life—a £2,000,000 gulp of oxygen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Turn to the other popular straws which have beenclutchedat for relieving unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I still hope that there may be a straw that can beclutched, because the majority of people wonder where this will end. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Such ideas are notclutchedout of the air by those in government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That was one of the main fig-leaves that heclutchedwhen trying to protect his failures in teacher recruitment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The harder he blew, the more the manclutchedhis overcoat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The first is that capital is not justclutchedout of the sky. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Everywhere we go, people with mobile phonesclutchedto their ear are holding inane conversations for everyone else to hear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One day that child crawled under the computer table,clutcheda radiator and would not come out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Suddenly they have taken it andclutchedit to their bosoms as a way of repressing people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I saw not only one but about four of them with telephonesclutchedto their ears as soon as they hit a stretch of open road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 How many parents last night will haveclutchedtheir own children to them, looking at them differently and imagining the pain which, for others, is all too real? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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