grasp or seize (something) tightly or eagerly
抓住，攫住，紧握，紧抓
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he stood clutching a microphone 他紧握话筒站着
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[no obj.]
figurative 〈喻〉Mrs Longhill clutched at the idea .朗希尔太太抱定这个想法不放。
a tight grasp or an act of grasping something
紧抓；抓住
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she made a clutch at his body .她伸手抓住他的身体。
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（尤指某人残酷或无法逃脱的）掌握，控制，魔爪，毒手
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he had narrowly escaped the clutches of the Nazis .他侥幸逃脱了纳粹的魔爪。
a mechanism for connecting and disconnecting a vehicle engine and its transmission system
（车辆的）离合器。
the pedal operating such a mechanism
离合器踏板。
an arrangement for connecting and disconnecting the working parts of any machine
（机械的）离合装置。
〈北美〉 女式无带手提包。
a group of eggs fertilized at the same time, typically laid in a single session and (in birds) incubated together
同时受精的一组卵（尤指一次下的蛋或鸟一次孵的卵）。
a brood of chicks
一窝小鸡。
a small group of people or things
一小群，一小组（人或物）
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a clutch of brightly painted holiday homes .几幢涂漆鲜艳的度假屋。
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clutch at straws 见ＳＴＲＡＷ .
"Middle English （in the sense ‘bend, crook’）： variant of obsolete