clutch at
phrasal verbclutch at something/somebody
- to try to quickly get hold of something/somebody
synonym grab (2)试图一把抓住 - The child clutched at his mother's skirt.
这孩子抓住他母亲的裙子。 - He felt himself slipping and clutched at a branch.
他感到自己滑了一下,便一把抓住一根树枝。
- The child clutched at his mother's skirt.