Clench

(verb.) squeeze together tightly; 'clench one's jaw'.

(verb.) hold in a tight grasp; 'clench a steering wheel'.

校对:莎娜

• It was in the state of my own feelings, I added bashfully: to clench the explanation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He forced back the gathering shadows of death, as he forced his clenched right hand to remain clenched, and to cover his wound. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He was found stiff, his hands clenched, and pressed against his breast. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Her fist, clenched tight in his pocket, beat hard against his thigh. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• And Mr. Snodgrass took his cigar from his mouth, and struck the table violently with his clenched fist. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The other seized the die, and clenched his teeth upon it in sheer rage, as if he would bite it in pieces. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• One clenched hand contained a slip of paper, on which was written, To Athens. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• And the child, looking in a very hard and piteous way at his father, bit his lips, clenched his hands, and didn't cry a bit. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I don't know,' replied Sikes, clenching his teeth and turning white at the mere suggestion. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• With resolution,' said my aunt, shaking her cap at me, and clenching her hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I tell you,' said the man: clenching his hands, and stamping furiously on the floor,--'I tell you I won't have her put into the ground. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Truly, friend, said the Friar, clenching his huge fist, I will bestow a buffet on thee. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• She crouched in front of the window, clenching her face in her hands, in a sort of trance. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I don't know why else he clenches his little hand as if it had hold of a finger that I can't see. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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