- clench
[clench 词源字典]
- clench: see cling
[clench etymology, clench origin, 英语词源] - clench (v.)
- Old English (be)clencan "to hold fast, make cling," causative of clingan (see cling); compare stench/stink. Related: Clenched; clenching.
- clench (n.)
- "part of a nail that clinchers," 1590s, from clench (v.). Meaning "a grasp, grip" is from 1779.