clinch
名词 n.
动词 v.
英文释义
名词 n.
- Any of several fastenings.
- The act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed.
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The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
— to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon
- A pun.
- A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
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A passionate embrace.
— More likely, he was letting her know that his visit this morning was not going to end in a clinch—or something steamier. It was going to be about sitting at a table, drinking coffee and talking.
- The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
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A prison sentence.
— COOMBE: He got the clinch only last week — eighteen months. You see it's no good having anybody here as ain't got a^([sic]) unblemished character. We don't want to have the bluebottles come sniffing round here, do we?
动词 v.
- To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
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To clasp; to interlock.
— “Beloved shipmates, clinch the last verse of the first chapter of Jonah—‘And God had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.’”
- To fasten securely or permanently.
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To make certain; to finalize.
— I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.
- To hold firmly; to clench
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To set closely together; to close tightly.
— to clinch the teeth or the fist
- To hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to avoid being hit while resting momentarily
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To secure a spot (e.g., at the divisional championship) before the end of regular season play by having an insurmountable lead.
— It put the U.S. on the brink of clinching a spot in the quarterfinals.
- To embrace passionately.
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词源 1
16th-century alteration of clench.
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16th-century alteration of clench.
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