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pinch/pin(t)ʃ/ v. & n.●v. 1 tr.a grip (esp. the skin of part of the body or of another person) tightly, esp. between finger and thumb (尤指用手指和拇指)捏，拧；夹(身体某部位或他人身体部位的皮肤) pinched my finger in the door 我的手指夹在了门缝中； stop pinching me 住手，别拧我 b (often absol. [常含宾]) (of a shoe, garment, etc.) constrict (the flesh) painfully (鞋、衣服等)挤压，挤痛(肉体) 2 tr. (of cold, hunger, etc.) grip (a person) painfully (寒冷、饥饿等)使(某人)痛苦(或不舒服) she was pinched with cold 她被冻得缩手缩脚 3 tr.a esp. Brit. colloq. steal; take without permission [尤英口]偷；擅自拿取 b slang arrest (a person) [俚语]逮捕(某人) pinched him for loitering 他因游荡而被拘留 4 tr. (as 作 pinched adj.) (of the features) drawn, as with cold, hunger, worry, etc. (面容)皱缩的(寒冷、饥饿、焦虑等引起) 5a tr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 in, of, for, etc.) stint (a person) 使(某人)节俭 b intr. be niggardly with money, food, etc. 小气；吝啬 6 tr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 out, back, down) remove (leaves, buds, etc.) to encourage bushy growth (为促进生长而)掐掉(叶子、花蕾等) 7 intr. sail very close to the wind (帆船)紧抢风 ●n. 1 the act or an instance of pinching etc. the flesh 捏，掐，拧，夹 2 an amount that can be taken up with fingers and thumb 一撮，少量 a pinch of snuff 一撮鼻烟 3 the stress or pain caused by poverty, cold, hunger, etc. (贫穷、寒冷、饥饿等的)逼迫；苦痛 4 slang [俚语]a an arrest 逮捕，拘留 b a theft 偷窃，盗窃 □ at (or in) a pinch in an emergency; if necessary 紧要关头；必要时刻 □ feel the pinch experience the effects of poverty 感到手头紧张，感到拮据 [Middle English via an Anglo-French and Old Norman French variant of Old French pincier, ultimately from Latin pungere punct- ‘prick’] |