clenched [
klentʃd]
a. 紧握的
- The money her mother gave was clenched tightly in the girl's hand.
那个女孩手里紧紧攥着妈妈给她的钱。 - He clenched his teeth and refused to tell anything.
他咬紧牙关,什么也不肯说。
clenched[ adj ]
closed or squeezed together tightly
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a clenched fisthis clenched (or clinched) teeth
- Neurologically, Penaloza's development continues to be promising, although his right fist remains clenched and he has a slight limp.
- There were no clenched fist salutes or political slogans.
- "Dukakis had two gestures, one with one fist clenched, the other with both fists clenched and his arms tightly to his sides.
- "Dukakis had two gestures, one with one fist clenched, the other with both fists clenched and his arms tightly to his sides.
- People wept and beat their heads and chests with clenched fists in the Shiite Moslem expression of bereavement.
- At 7:06 a.m., six minutes past schedule, the executioner turned on 2,000 volts of electricity and Bundy gently arched back in the chair and clenched his fists.
- She does it again (and again) here - 'I first heard of Daisy Bates about 25 years ago when I was on the edge of my adult life: back straight, waist narrow, jaws always aching because I clenched my teeth in fear or perhaps in rage.
- There also was the fellow who, evidently buoyed by the sheer sight of the 300ZX, cheered and raised a clenched fist in admiration.
- Beeld, the largest-circulation daily for the Akrikaners who dominate the government, ran a banner headline, "Sisulu Speaks Out," above a large color photo of the seven ANC leaders raising clenched fists.
- The two men won't say, but it's a safe bet they are usually armed with more than a two-way radio and two pairs of clenched fists.
- And she mimed, with clenched fist and outstretched foot, the exact nature of the relationship.
- Supporters in the courtroom raised clenched fists then joined the defendants in singing "God Bless Africa," anthem of the anti-apartheid movement.
- Lakas, the son of Demetrio B. Lakas, president of Panama from 1972-78, clenched his fists and looked toward the ceiling, tears rolling down his cheeks as the verdict was read.
- As he was led from the courtroom, Camacho raised a clenched fist an denounced the proceedings in Spanish.
- The living room of Nelson Mandela's daughter erupted in yells, tears and fists clenched in salute Sunday morning when South Africa's most famous prisoner walked free.
- Yet, her strong hands are clenched together, as if trying to grapple with some unseen force.
- Gadhafi, waving clenched fists, plunged into a crowd of young people who were screaming his name.
- At the funeral, ANC honor guards in khaki uniforms stood around the coffins giving clenched fist salutes.
- One shot into the net produced a particular grimace from the president and an expletive between clenched teeth. "Sorry," he said quickly.
- Many people in the audience, including victims' survivors, wiped tears from their eyes or clenched their fists as Richwalsky read the indictment.
- Inside are 110 pages of small type and pen-and-ink sketches of men with cigarettes clenched in their teeth and women with tears streaming down their faces and dresses sliding off their shoulders.
- Another Holocaust was imminent, he declared, and made his symbol a clenched fist under the slogan "Never again." Although a relatively small number of Israelis supported Kahane in elections, in private conversations many would agree with his views.
- He responded a beaming smile and a raised clenched fist.
- "I never thought it would get this big," Ms. Kyle, 35, said through clenched teeth moments before her wedding.
- Mondello, his hands clenched on the table in front of him, stared at the ceiling crying as jury forewoman Mimi Snowden announced "not guilty" verdicts for charges of murder and manslaughter.