clutch

/klʌtʃ/

意味: しっかり握ること、小型バッグ

例文: June clutched her muffin like national treasure.
　　  ジューンがマフィンを国宝のようにしっかり握った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: clutch bag(クラッチバッグ), clutch pedal(クラッチペダル), clutch performance(クラッチパフォーマンス)

定義: 何かをしっかりとつかむこと、またはその動作を指します。車の運転では、クラッチペダルを使ってギアを変えることを意味します。また、スポーツや重要な場面での決定的なパフォーマンスを指すこともあります。

clutchは約100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the act of grasping
Noun: a tense critical situation
Noun: a number of birds hatched at the same time
Noun: a collection of things or persons to be handled together
Noun: a woman’s strapless purse that is carried in the hand
Noun: a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
Noun: a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
Verb: take hold of; grab
Verb: hold firmly, usually with one’s hands
Verb: affect

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She managed to clutch the winning ticket tightly.(彼女は勝利のチケットをしっかり握った。)
The car’s clutch needs to be replaced soon.(車のクラッチはすぐに交換が必要だ。)
He gave a clutch performance under pressure.(彼はプレッシャーの中で重要な活躍をした。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he released his clasp on my arm
Noun: he has a strong grip for an old man
Noun: she kept a firm hold on the railing
Noun: he is a good man in the clutch
Noun: he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other
Noun: this year’s model has an improved clutch
Verb: The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter
Verb: She clutched her purse
Verb: The mother seized her child by the arm
Verb: Birds of prey often seize small mammals
Verb: She clutched my arm when she got scared
Verb: Fear seized the prisoners
Verb: The patient was seized with unbearable pains
Verb: He was seized with a dreadful disease

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): batch, clasp, clench, cling to, clutch, clutch bag, clutch pedal, clutches, get hold of, grasp, grip, hold, hold close, hold tight, prehend, seize

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): bag, brood, collection, coupling, grasping, hold, overwhelm, pedal, take, temporary state

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerator, agglomeration, ana, armamentarium, art collection, asia, assortment, aviation, backlog, batch, battery, benight, biota, block, book, bottle collection, brake pedal, bunch, central america, clasp, class, clevis, clinch, cling to, clutch, clutch bag, coin collection, collage, combination, congregation, content, convoy, corpus, cradle, crop, data, defense, depletion, devastate, drunkenness, emergency, ensemble, etui, europe, evening bag, exhibition, fatigue, fauna, findings, flagging, fleet, flinders, fluid drive, free world, galaxy, generally accepted accounting principles, gimmickry, grasp, hand, herbarium, hit parade, job lot, judaica, kill, kludge, knock out, law, library, lock, long suit, mail, mass, menagerie, mythology, north america, nuclear club, oort cloud, pack, package, pantheon, petting zoo, pharmacopoeia, pile, planting, population, procession, prosecution, repertoire, repertory, reticule, rogue’s gallery, seize, set, shoulder bag, signage, sleepiness, smithereens, soberness, soft pedal, south america, stagger, stamp collection, state of mind, statuary, string, sum, sustaining pedal, swivel, tenantry, third world, traffic, trap, treasure, treasure trove, trinketry, troponymy, turnbuckle, universal joint, vegetation, victoriana, wakefulness, wardrobe

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): catch, chokehold, clasp, claw, clench, collar, cuddle, embrace, freewheel, friction clutch, get, grab, grapple, grip, nab, rack, schmeer, snatch, wrestling hold

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: batch, clasp, clench, clutch, grasp, grip, hold, prehension, seizing

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: