1HBHthe hand when it is tightly closed, so that the fingers are curled in towards the palm. People close their hand in a fist when they are angry or are going to hit someone 拳,拳头
She held the money tightly in her fist.
她把钱紧紧地攥在手中。
Malcolm clenched his fist (=held his fist very tightly closed) angrily.
马尔科姆愤怒地握紧拳头。
Dooley stood up and shook his fist in her face.
杜利站起身,在她眼前挥舞着拳头。
Varney slammed his fist down onto the table so hard the dishes jumped.
2.make a good/bad fist of somethingBritish EnglishBrE informalSUCCEED IN DOING something to make a successful or unsuccessfulattempt to do something 做成/做不成某事
Examples from the Corpus
fist• Is a little sleeplessness and fistpounding so very out of the way?• He would hammer the table with one great fist.• He clenched his fists even tighter.• He would remember only the steam and the heat and the electricity in his fists and forearms.• His hands were clenched into fists.• This is the archetypal steelfist in a velvetglove.• The stick and the fist backed up the array of legal powers.• Other playerspumped their fists or otherwise exhorted the fans.
shook ... fist• Then he spoke roughly once more, shoved the teethdeeper into his pocket and shook his fist at her.• Asshe shook his fist, and advanced threateningly.• Over on her cot, Frankshook an enthusiastic fist in the air toward Oliver.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + FIST | FIST + VERB | FIST + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤balled, clenched, closed, tight攥緊的拳頭;握緊的拳頭➤loose鬆開的拳頭➤little, small, tiny小拳頭;極小的拳頭➤giant, huge, large, massive巨大的拳頭;很大的拳頭▸➤gloved戴手套的拳頭➤bare赤手空拳◇He was punching the man with his bare fists.他赤手空拳猛打那個男子。➤left, right左拳;右拳➤flying飛舞的拳頭◇I managed to duck his flying fists.我把頭一低,設法躲過了他揮來的拳頭。➤angry憤怒的拳頭◇Diago pounded an angry fist against the wall.迪亞戈憤怒地用拳頭砸牆。VERB + FIST➤form, make握成拳頭◇He closed his fingers to form a fist.他把手指蜷起握成拳頭。➤ball, clench, close, tighten緊握拳頭➤unclench, uncurl鬆開拳頭▸➤bang, beat, hit, plant, pound, punch, slam, smack, smash, strike, thump用拳頭重擊/猛打/擊中/直搗/連續重擊/猛擊/擊打/拍打/撞擊/打中/錘擊◇He banged his fist loudly on the table.他的拳頭重重地砸在桌上。◇He punched his fist in the air.他在空中揮舞着拳頭。➤drive, ram, shove, throw, thrust伸出拳頭◇He thrust his fist forward and smashed her face.他伸出拳頭,重重地打在她的臉上。➤shake, wave揮拳◇The man was shaking his fist at us through the window.那個男人隔着窗戶向我們揮拳頭。➤pump揮動拳頭◇'Yeah, you did it!' Sally said, pumping her fist in the air.“好,你成功了!”薩莉邊說邊揮舞着拳頭。➤lift, raise舉起/抬起拳頭◇She raised her fist in a gesture of defiance.她舉起拳頭,以示反抗。➤swing揮着拳頭打◇He swung his fists wildly at his attacker's head.他瘋狂地揮拳朝襲擊者頭上打去。➤bring back, draw back, pull back收回拳頭◇She drew back her fist and threw a punch at his nose.她收回拳頭,朝他的鼻子猛擊了一拳。➤use用拳頭◇Cailean was tired of using his fists to get everything he wanted.凱蘭已厭倦了用拳頭得到自己想要的一切東西。FIST + VERB➤ball, clench, curl, tighten拳頭緊握◇She saw Joe's fists clench.她看到喬的拳頭慢慢攥緊。➤collide with sth, connect with sth, hit sth, strike sth拳頭與⋯相遇/接觸到⋯/打中⋯/打擊⋯◇He felt Michelle's fist connect with his jaw.他感到米歇爾的拳頭砸在他的下巴上。➤pound (sth), slam (sth), smash (sth)拳頭重擊(⋯)/猛擊(⋯)/擊碎(⋯)◇A fist slammed on the table in front of her.一記拳頭砰的一聲砸在她面前的桌子上。➤land拳頭落下◇His fist landed forcefully against Mike's jaw.他的拳頭重重地落在邁克的下巴上。➤fly拳頭揮舞◇She ran at him, her fists flying.她揮舞着拳頭向他跑去。FIST + NOUN➤fight揮拳相鬥PREPOSITION➤in your fist在拳中◇She was holding a hammer in her fist.她手裏握着錘子。PHRASES➤clench your hand into a fist攥拳