English-Thai Dictionary

clutch

N การ ยึด  การ ฉวย  การ คว้า  การเกาะ  การกำ แน่น  การเกาะ แน่น  snatch grasp clasp catch kan-yued

 

clutch

N คลัตช์ (รถยนต์  เครื่อง เกาะ เพลา ใน รถยนต์  klah

 

clutch

N จำนวน ไข่ ที่ ฟัก ภายใน ครั้งหนึ่งๆ  jam-nuan-kai-ti-fak-pai-nai-krang-nueng-nueng

 

clutch

N มือ ที่อยู่ ใน รูป กำ  mue-ti-yu-nai-rub-kam

 

clutch

N ลูก ไก่ ที่เกิด จาก ไข่ ที่ ฟัก ใน คราว เดียวกัน  brood luk-kai-ti-koed-jak-kai-ti-fak-nai-krao-diao-kan

 

clutch

VI จับ แน่น  เกาะ  กำ แน่น  seize grip grab jab-naen

 

clutch

VI พยายาม ยึด ไว้  hold pa-ya-yam-yued-wai

 

clutch

VT ฉวย ไว้  คว้า ไว้  grip prehend seize chuai-wai

 

clutch at

PHRV ฉวย ไว้  คว้า ไว้  grab at chuai-wai

 

clutch at

PHRV พยายาม ฉก ฉวยโอกาส  คว้า โอกาส  catch at pa-ya-yam-chok-chuai-o-kad

 

clutch at straws

IDM พยายาม ฉก ฉวยโอกาส  คว้า โอกาส  pa-ya-yam-chok-chuai-o-kad

 

clutch something to one's bosom

IDM ยอมรับ อย่างกระตือรือร้น  ยินดีต้อนรับ  yom-rab-yang-kra-tue-rue-ron

 

clutch to

PHRV ยึด แน่น กับ  เกาะ ไว้ กับ  กำ ไว้  yued-naen-kab

 

clutched

SL วิตกกังวล  ประหม่า  wi-tok-kang-won

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLUTCH

v.t. 1. To double in the fingers and pinch or compress them together; to clinch. [If n is not radical in clinch, this may be from the same root. ]
2. To seize, clasp or gripe with the hand; as, to clutch a dagger; to clutch prey.
3. To seize, or grasp; as, to clutch the globe at a grasp.

 

CLUTCH

n.A griping or pinching with the fingers; seizure; grasp.

 

CLUTCHES

plu. 1. The paws or talons of a rapacious animal, as of a cat or dog.
2. The hands, in the sense of rapacity or cruelty, or of power.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CLUTCH

Clutch (kluch; 224 ), n. Etym: [OE. cloche, cloke, claw, Scot. clook,cleuck, also OE. cleche claw, clechen, cleken, to seize; cf. AS. gelæccan (where ge- is a prefix ) to seize. Cf. Latch a catch. ]

 

1. A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp. "The clutch of poverty. " Cowper. An expiring clutch at popularity. Carlyle. But Age, with his stealing steps, Hath clawed me in his clutch. Shak.

 

2. pl.

 

Defn: The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary. I must have. .. little care of myself, if I ever more come near the clutches of such a giant. Bp. Stillingfleet.

 

3. (Mach. )

 

Defn: A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc. , so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure.

 

4. Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.

 

5. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The nest complement of eggs of a bird. Bayonet clutch (Mach. ), a clutch in which connection is made by means of bayonets attached to arms sliding on a feathered shaft. The bayonets slide through holes in a crosshead fastened on the shaft.

 

CLUTCH

Clutch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clutched; p. pr. & vb. n. Clutching.]Etym: [OE. clucchen. See Clutch, n.]

 

1. To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power. A man may set the poles together in his head, and clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp. Collier. Is this a dagger which I see before me. .. Come, let me clutch thee. Shak.

 

2. To close tightly; to clinch. Not that I have the power to clutch my hand. Shak.

 

CLUTCH

CLUTCH Clutch, v. i.

 

Defn: To reach (at something ) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at. Clutching at the phantoms of the stock market. Bankroft.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

clutch

clutch 1 |kləCH klətʃ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] grasp or seize (something ) tightly or eagerly: he stood clutching a microphone | [ no obj. ] figurative : Mrs. Longhill clutched at the idea. • (also Brit. clutch up ) become nervous and panicked: doctors could clutch up and lose control as easily as anyone. ▶noun 1 a tight grasp or an act of grasping something: she made a clutch at his body. • (someone's clutches ) a person's power or control, esp. when perceived as cruel or inescapable: she escaped the clutches of her temperamental family. 2 a slim, flat handbag without handles or a strap. 3 (the clutch ) an emergency or critical moment: he came through for us in the clutch | [ as modifier ] : they were among the best clutch hitters in baseball. 4 a mechanism for connecting and disconnecting a vehicle engine from its transmission system. • the pedal operating such a mechanism. PHRASES clutch at straws see straw. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘bend, crook ’): variant of obsolete clitch ‘close the hand, ’ from Old English clyccan ‘crook, clench, ’ of Germanic origin.

 

clutch

clutch 2 |klətʃ kləCH | ▶noun a group of eggs fertilized at the same time, typically laid in a single session and (in birds ) incubated together. • a brood of chicks. • a small group of people or things: a clutch of young girls on roller skates. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: probably a southern variant of northern English dialect cletch, related to Middle English cleck ‘to hatch, ’ from Old Norse klekja.

 

clutch bag

clutch bag (N. Amer. clutch ) ▶noun a slim, flat handbag without handles or a strap.

 

Oxford Dictionary

clutch

clutch 1 |klʌtʃ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] grasp (something ) tightly: he stood clutching a microphone | figurative : Mrs Longhill clutched at the idea. ▶noun 1 a tight grasp: she made a clutch at his body. • (someone's clutches ) a person's power or control, especially when regarded as inescapable: Tom had fallen into Amanda's clutches. 2 a mechanism for connecting and disconnecting an engine and the transmission system in a vehicle, or the working parts of any machine. • the pedal operating the cluch in a vehicle. 3 N. Amer. a clutch bag. PHRASES clutch at straws see straw. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘bend, crook ’): variant of obsolete clitch ‘close the hand ’, from Old English clyccan ‘crook, clench ’, of Germanic origin.

 

clutch

clutch 2 |klʌtʃ | ▶noun a group of eggs fertilized at the same time, laid in a single session and (in birds ) incubated together. • a brood of chicks. • a small group of people or things: a clutch of brightly painted holiday homes. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: probably a southern variant of northern English dialect cletch, related to Middle English cleck ‘to hatch ’, from Old Norse klekja.

 

clutch bag

clutch bag (N. Amer. clutch ) ▶noun a slim, flat handbag without handles or a strap.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

clutch

clutch 1 verb she clutched his arm: grip, grasp, clasp, cling to, hang on to, clench, hold. PHRASES clutch at she saved herself by clutching at a branch: reach for, snatch at, make a grab for, catch at, claw at.

 

clutch

clutch 2 noun 1 a clutch of eggs: group, batch. 2 a clutch of awards: group, collection; raft, armful; informal load, bunch, ton.

 

clutches

clutches plural noun she's married to a hateful man who has her in his clutches: power, control, domination, command, rule, tyranny; hands, hold, grip, grasp, claws, jaws, tentacles; custody.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

clutch

clutch 1 verb he was clutching a pewter tankard: grip, grasp, clasp, cling to, hang on to, clench, hold. PHRASES clutch at she saved herself from falling further by clutching at a branch: reach for, snatch at, make a grab for, catch at, claw at; grab, seize, lay (one's ) hands on, get one's hands on, grab /seize /take hold of.

 

clutch

clutch 2 noun 1 a clutch of eggs: group, batch, nestful. 2 a clutch of holiday cottages | the film won a clutch of awards: group, collection, set, quantity, raft; handful, fistful, armful; informal load, bunch.

 

clutches

clutches plural noun we want to rescue the captives from the clutches of the enemy: power, control, domination, command, mastery, rule, tyranny; hands, hold, grip, grasp, claws, jaws, evil embrace; custody, possession, keeping.

 

Duden Dictionary

Clutch

Clutch Substantiv, feminin , die |klat͜ʃ |die Clutch; Genitiv: der Clutch, Plural: die Clutch [e ]s englisch kleine Damenhandtasche ohne Schulterriemen oder Griff

 

French Dictionary

clutch

clutch FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour pédale d ’embrayage.

 

Spanish Dictionary

clutch

clutch nombre masculino 1 Méx Mecanismo que permite unir o separar el eje del cambio de velocidades de un vehículo al movimiento del motor .SINÓNIMO embrague .2 Méx Pedal que permite accionar este mecanismo .Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘clach ’.El plural es clutches o clutchs .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

clutch

clutch 1 /klʌtʃ /動詞 ～es /-ɪz /; ～ed /-t /; ～ing 自動詞 1 〈人などが 〉【物 人を 】(取られまいと )しっかりとつかもうとする [つかむ ], 握ろうとする [握る ] «at » ▸ She saw a suspicious man and clutched at her bag .怪しげな男を見て彼女はバッグをしっかりとつかんだ .2 (自動車などの )クラッチを入れる .他動詞 〈人などが 〉 (しばしば両手で )〈物 人 〉をしっかりとつかむ, 握る ; 〈人など 〉を抱きしめる ▸ clutch one's chest (苦しみなどで )自分の胸を抱える ▸ clutch each other (お互いに )しっかり抱き合う .名詞 複 ～es /-ɪz /C 1 (自動車などの )クラッチ (→car )▸ pop the clutch (車 オートバイの )クラッチペダルを踏んですばやくその足を離す (!急発進させるときなどの操作 ) ▸ clutch pedal クラッチペダル .2 〖～es 〗(人の )手中 ; 支配 ▸ save the child from the clutches of the kidnapper 誘拐犯の手中から子供を救う .3 〖単数形で 〗しっかりと [ぎゅっと ]握ること .4 クラッチバッグ (clutch bag ) 〘腕に抱える小型バッグ 〙.5 ｟米 くだけて ｠ピンチ ▸ when it comes to the clutch 困った時には .形容詞 ｟米 くだけて ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 苦しい状況で成功した 〈プレー シュートなど 〉.2 苦しい状況を打開できる , チャンスに強い , 決定力のある 〈選手など 〉.

 

clutch

clutch 2 名詞 C 1 一度に産まれた卵 [ひな ].2 一群の人, 一連の物 .動詞 他動詞 〈ひな 〉をかえす (hatch 2 ).