Clinch

(noun.) (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily.

(noun.) the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet.

(noun.) a small slip noose made with seizing.

(verb.) settle conclusively; 'clinch a deal'.

(verb.) flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); 'the nails were clinched'.

(verb.) secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; 'The girder was clinched into the wall'.

(verb.) embrace amorously.

(verb.) hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches.

录入:莱尔

• Our natural impulse now is to slightly clinch our teeth when we shake our heads to mean no. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It soon seemed that the encounter was done saving only the final death thrust when Bar Comas slipped in breaking away from a clinch. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• The appeals of Confucius to the wisdom of the ancients are always quoted to clinch this suggestion. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I will force Justinian to tell me, he muttered between his clinched teeth. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He has beaten me in the games, he hissed between his clinched teeth, but he shall not beat me in love. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• One day I got hold of both electrodes of the coil, and it clinched my hand on them so that I couldn't let go. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Hall Pycroft shook his clinched hands in the air. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Wegg, who was all for clinching the nail he had so strongly driven home, announced that Boffin should see it without an hour's delay. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• That clinches it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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