1. (通常因害怕或擔(dān)心)緊握，緊抓
    If you clutch at something or clutch something, you hold it tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious.

    e.g. I staggered and had to clutch at a chair for support...
           我踉踉蹌蹌地，不得不抓住一把椅子穩(wěn)住自己。
    e.g. She was clutching a photograph.
           她緊緊抓著一張照片。

2. 控制;掌握;勢(shì)力范圍
    If someone is in another person's clutches, that person has captured them or has power over them.

    e.g. Tony fell into the clutches of an attractive American who introduced him to drugs...
           托尼落入了一個(gè)英俊的美國(guó)人的控制中，這個(gè)人引他走上了吸毒之路。
    e.g. Stojanovic escaped their clutches by jumping from a moving vehicle.
           斯托揚(yáng)諾維奇從正在行駛的車上跳了下去，逃出了他們的掌心。

3. (車輛的)離合器踏板
    In a vehicle, the clutch is the pedal that you press before you change gear.

    e.g. Laura let out the clutch and pulled slowly away down the drive.
           勞拉松開離合器踏板，沿車道慢慢駛離。

4. 一窩(蛋)
    A clutch of eggs is a number of eggs laid by a bird at one time.

    e.g. ...the second clutch of eggs.
           第二窩蛋

5. 一小群;一小簇
    A clutch of people or things is a small group of them.

    e.g. The party has attracted a clutch of young southern liberals.
           聚會(huì)吸引了一群南部的年輕開明人士。
    e.g. ...a clutch of songs about adolescent experiences.
           一組有關(guān)青少年經(jīng)歷的歌曲

6. to clutch at straws -> see straw