clinch
[klintʃ]
n. 牢

vt. 敲弯, 臂钳住

vi. 敲弯, 臂钳住

[] 解, 确

1. The fate of the billion-dollar Taj Mahal in Atlantic City hung in the balance late last night as Donald Trump raced to clinch a deal with bondholders aimed at staving off an involuntary bankruptcy for his giant casino hotel.
   西价值十元泰姬玛哈命运未卜。深夜特朗债议，解除规模庞赌博酒店被迫破厄运。
2. The boxer clinch and the referee have to separate them.
   拳击扭抱起，裁判。
3. The two lovers were locked in a clinch.
   那恋拥抱着。

clinch
[ noun ]

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

<noun.act>

2. a small slip noose made with seizing

<noun.artifact>

3. the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet

<noun.artifact>

4. a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together

<noun.artifact>

5. a tight or amorous embrace

<noun.act>
come here and give me a big hug

[ verb ]

1. secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts

<verb.contact>
The girder was clinched into the wall

2. hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches

<verb.contact>

3. hold in a tight grasp

<verb.contact> clench
clench a steering wheel

4. embrace amorously

<verb.contact>

5. flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)

<verb.contact>
the nails were clinched

6. settle conclusively

<verb.communication>
clinch a deal

Clinch \Clinch\, v. i.
To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp
one another.


Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Clinched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinching}.] [OE. clenchen,
prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D.
klinken to tinkle, rivet. See {Clink}.]
1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing
tightly. ``Clinch the pointed spear.'' --Dryden.

2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch
the teeth or the first. --Swift.

3. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been
driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as,
to clinch a nail.

4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to
clinch an argument. --South.


Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch), n.
1. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to
hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to
get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to
secure anything by a clinch.

2. A pun. --Pope.

3. (Naut.) 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.