a hand when it is tightly closed with the fingers bent into the palm 拳；拳头 He punched me with his fist. 他用拳头猛击我。 She clenched her fists to stop herself trembling. 她紧握双拳，克制颤抖。 He got into a fist fight in the bar. 他在酒吧与人挥拳斗殴。 He banged a heavy fist on the table. 他在桌子上重重地打了一拳。
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyc1Diago pounded an angry fist against the wall. 迪亚戈愤怒地用拳头砸墙。 He closed his fingers to form a fist. 他把手指蜷起握成拳头。 He punched his fist in the air. 他在空中挥舞着拳头。 I managed to duck his flying fists. 我把头一低，设法躲过了他挥来的拳头。 She drew back her fist and threw a punch at his nose. 她收回拳头，朝他的鼻子猛击了一拳。 She raised her fist in a gesture of defiance. 她举起拳头，以示反抗。 She ran at him, her fists flying. 她挥舞着拳头向他跑去。 She was holding a hammer in her fist. 她手里握着锤子。 The man was shaking his fist at us through the window. 那个男人隔着窗户向我们挥拳头。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- balled
- clenched
- closed
- …
- form
- make
- ball
- …
- ball
- clench
- curl
- …
- fight
- in your fist
- clench your hand into a fist
Word OriginOld English fȳst, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vuist and German Faust.
Idioms
an iron fist/hand (in a velvet glove)
if you use the words an iron fist/hand when describing the way that somebody behaves, you mean that they treat people severely. This treatment may be hidden behind a kind appearance (the velvet glove). （温和背后的）铁拳 They promised that the army would strike with an iron fist at any resistance. 他们承诺军队将对任何抵抗采取铁腕手段。 The iron hand in the velvet glove approach seems to work best with this age group. 天鹅绒手套方法中的铁手似乎最适合这个年龄组。
make a better, good, poor, etc. fist of something
- (British English, old-fashioned, informal)
to make a good, bad, etc. attempt to do something 试图把（或未能把）某事做得很成功
make/lose money hand over fist
to make/lose money very fast and in large quantities 赚大钱；破大财