clinch
- IPA[klin(t)SH]
美式
- confirm or settle (a contract or bargain)；conclusively settle (an argument or debate)
- a struggle or scuffle at close quarters, especially (in boxing) one in which the fighters become too closely engaged for full-arm blows；an embrace, especially an amorous one
verb: clinch, 3rd person present: clinches, gerund or present participle: clinching, past tense: clinched, past participle: clinched
noun: clinch, plural noun: clinches
- 釋義
- 相關詞
動詞
- 1. confirm or settle (a contract or bargain) to clinch a business deal 同義詞
- ▪ conclusively settle (an argument or debate) these findings clinched the matter 同義詞
- ▪ confirm the winning or achievement of (a game, competition, or victory) his team clinched the title 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. grapple at close quarters, especially (of boxers) so as to be too closely engaged for full-arm blows. 同義詞
- ▪ (of two people) embrace.
- 3. secure (a nail or rivet) by driving the point sideways when it has penetrated. 同義詞
- ▪ fasten (a rope or fishing line) with a clinch knot.
名詞
- 1. a struggle or scuffle at close quarters, especially (in boxing) one in which the fighters become too closely engaged for full-arm blows breaking from a clinch, he crossed with his right
- ▪ an embrace, especially an amorous one we went into a passionate clinch on the sofa
- 2. a knot used to fasten a rope to a ring or cringle, using a half hitch with the end seized back on its own part.
- a river that flows for 300 miles (480 km) from southwestern Virginia into Tennessee where it ...
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[klɪn(t)ʃ]
英式
- confirm or settle (a contract or bargain): the Texan wanted to impress him to clinch a business deal
- a struggle or scuffle at close quarters: breaking from a clinch, he crossed with his right
Oxford Dictionary
