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| /pɪntʃ/ |
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| 1 | T to squeeze someone’ s skin between your thumb and finger so that it hurts them 捏；拧；掐 | Roger pinched my arm. 罗杰拧了一下我的手臂。 | |
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| 2 | I/T if shoes or clothes pinch , they hurt you because they fit too tightly （鞋子）夹脚；（衣服）太紧 |
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| 3 | T BRITISH informal to steal something 偷窃；窃取 |
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| 4 | T BRITISH informal old-fashioned to arrest someone 逮捕；拘留 |
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| - | have to pinch yourself mainly spoken
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| used for saying that you do not believe that something good that is happening to you is real |
| 只好掐一下自己（用于表示不敢相信好运会降临到自己头上） |
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| I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’ t dreaming. 我只好掐了一下自己，确信我不是在做梦。 |
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