clenched
past simple and past participle ofclench
| 单词 | clenched |
| 释义 | clenched past simple and past participle ofclench clench verb[T] uk/klentʃ/us/klentʃ/tocloseorholdsomething verytightly, often in adeterminedorangryway: Theoldman clenched hisfistandwaveditangrilyat us. With aknifeclenchedin/betweenhisteeth, heclimbedup thetreetocutsomecoconuts. "Get out of here," she said through clenchedteeth. Having in your hands
Examplesofclenchedclenched In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The work portrays a lower-class young woman, one hand holding her child, the otherclenchedinto a fist on her hip. From theCambridge English Corpus To make her example fully concrete, let us imagine that ' *unsqueeze ' is being used to refer to the voluntary opening of aclenchedfist. From theCambridge English Corpus Tension in the facial flexor muscles gives contraction around the eyes, retraction of the lips, andclenchedteeth due to the contracted jaw flexor muscles. From theCambridge English Corpus And then heclenchedboth hands and started to come towards me. From theCambridge English Corpus B: the fist isclenchedor opened. From theCambridge English Corpus He was shown in a photograph being met by some young lads on a railway station and giving theclenched-fist salute. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is quite immaterial to me whether her husband happens to salute with his arm extended or with his fistclenched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The alliance appears to fear the proffered handshake more than it did theclenchedfist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He moved to the centre of the room and raised his hands withclenchedfists above his head. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I defend the inclusion of the words, but not throughclenchedteeth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not much good holding out the hand of friendship, with a fistclenchedbehind one's back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We never quite believed their commitment because they forced it out throughclenchedteeth and took an awful long time to make it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is also the fear that the proposed "golden handshake"will in fact become aclenchedfist there by deleting the word"voluntary"and inserting the word"compulsory". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The poem of one young girl is set against a picture of two people in black masks with their arms raised in the air inclenchedfist salutes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been truly said that the trouble is that as each nation's arm becomes stronger fists becomeclenched, and when fists areclenchedit is difficult to shake hands. 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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