clouts

英 [klaʊts] 美 [klaʊts]

n.  影响力; 势力; (用手或硬物的)击，打
v.  (尤指用手)猛击，重打
clout的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 打;击
    If you clout someone, you hit them.
    1. Rachel clouted him...
      雷切尔揍了他一下。
    2. The officer clouted her on the head.
      警察打了她的头。
    3. Clout is also a noun.
    4. I was half tempted to give one of them a clout myself.
      我自己都特别想给他们某个人一拳。
  2. N-UNCOUNT 影响力;权势
    A person or institution that has clout has influence and power.
    1. Mr Sutherland may have the clout needed to push the two trading giants into a deal...
      萨瑟兰先生也许有能力促使两大贸易巨头达成协议。
    2. The two firms wield enormous clout in financial markets.
      两家公司在金融市场有非常大的影响力。
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双语例句

  1. Men have lost their reason in nothing so much as their religion, wherein stones and clouts make martyrs.& Sir Thomas Brown, British Physician
    人们在宗教中失去理智最多，在那里石头和破布成了殉难者。英国医生布朗爵士
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