喜樂美語
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    Describes something so and that you grip hard and hold on tight — a white-knuckle ride at a theme park, a white-knuckle drive down a mountain road, a white-knuckle finish to a football match. The mixture of fear and thrill is the whole point: a white-knuckle ride is scary in a way people pay for.

    Describes something so frightening and exciting用來形容某件事嚇人又刺激 that you grip hard and hold on tight到讓你緊緊抓住、握到發白 a white-knuckle ride at a theme park像是遊樂園裡的 white-knuckle ride（驚險遊樂設施） a white-knuckle drive down a mountain road山路上的 white-knuckle drive（驚險的山路駕駛） a white-knuckle finish to a football match或足球賽最後令人手心冒汗的 white-knuckle finish（驚險收尾） The mixture of fear and thrill恐懼和興奮混在一起 is the whole point正是重點所在 a white-knuckle ride is scarya white-knuckle ride 是一種害怕 in a way people pay for人們願意花錢去體驗的

    It goes in front of a noun (a white-knuckle ride, a white-knuckle moment, white-knuckle stuff), and 'white-knuckle ride' is by far the commonest phrase, used both literally about roller coasters and about anything tense — 'the last month of the project was a white-knuckle ride'. You will also hear the -ing form 'white-knuckled' describing a person: he sat white-knuckled in the passenger seat.

    It它 goes in front of a noun放在名詞前面 (a white-knuckle ride, a white-knuckle moment, white-knuckle stuff)（a white-knuckle ride、a white-knuckle moment、white-knuckle stuff） and 'white-knuckle ride' is by far the commonest phrase而 'white-knuckle ride' 是目前為止最常見的說法 used both literally about roller coasters既能照字面用在雲霄飛車上 and about anything tense也能用在任何緊張的事情上 'the last month of the project was a white-knuckle ride'.「the last month of the project was a white-knuckle ride」（專案的最後一個月緊張得讓人手心冒汗） You will also hear你也會聽到 the -ing form 'white-knuckled'-ing 形式 'white-knuckled' describing a person用來形容一個人 he sat white-knuckled in the passenger seat「he sat white-knuckled in the passenger seat」（他坐在副駕駛座上緊張到指節發白）

    Informal, and common in both British and American English.

    Informal這是個口語詞 and common in both British and American English在英式和美式英語裡都很常見

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組成white + knuckle. Your knuckles are the bumps on the back of your hand where the fingers bend. Grip something hard enough and the blood is squeezed out, so the skin over them turns white. The word is that picture: hands clenched tight in fear.

同家族的字

  • knucklethe finger joint itself — the same word, unchanged
  • knuckle downan unrelated meaning (to start working hard) but the same knuckle

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

white-knuckleadj

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    Causing fear, excitement, apprehension, suspense, or nervousness.

    • "No surprise given both Bellamy and White share - or have inherited - Hendrix's unique blend of experimental instincts and white-knuckle showmanship," said Mr Goldsmith.
    • BP said its capped-off well appeared to be holding steady Friday morning, almost midway into a white-knuckle waiting period in which engineers watched the pressure gauges for signs of a leak.

white-knuckleverb

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    To endure despite feeling terror, fear, apprehension, anxiety, discomfort, or torment.

    • The rest of the drive home I white knuckled it.
    • “I white-knuckled it down there. Went as fast as I could. I didn't tell anyone I was going. When I got there, they wouldn't let me in. Because I wasn't family.”
  • 2

    To grip tightly in fear, apprehension, suspense, or nervousness.

    • That lifting sensation is so strong, I inadvertently feel myself white-knuckling the hand grips.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。