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| /pɪntʃ/ |
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| 1 | a small amount of something that you can hold between your finger and thumb , for example salt （盐等）一小撮 |
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| 2 | the action of squeezing someone’ s skin between your thumb and finger so that it hurts them 拧；捏；夹；掐 |
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| - | at a pinch informal
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| if it becomes necessary and you have no choice . AMERICANin a pinch |
| 迫不得已时；必要时 |
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| I suppose that, at a pinch, we could use my car. 我想，必要时，我们可以用我的车。 |
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| - | feel the pinch informal
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| to have less money than you need |
| 感到拮据 |
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| With rising interest rates, many homeowners are beginning to feel the pinch. 随着利率上升，许多自己拥有住房的人都开始感到拮据了。 |
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