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VERB
捏;拧;掐;夹 If you pinch a part of someone's body, you take a piece of their skin between your thumb and first finger and give it a short squeeze.
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She pinched his arm as hard as she could...
她使出浑身的力气拧他的胳膊。
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We both kept pinching ourselves to prove that it wasn't all a dream.
我们两个都一直在掐自己,证明这不是在做梦。
- Pinch is also a noun.
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She gave him a little pinch.
她轻轻地捏了他一下。
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2.
N-COUNT
(一)撮;少量 A pinch of an ingredient such as salt is the amount of it that you can hold between your thumb and your first finger.
to take something with a pinch of salt→see:
salt;
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Put all the ingredients, including a pinch of salt, into a food processor.
把包括一撮盐在内的所有配料放入食品加工机。
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...a pinch of nutmeg.
一撮肉豆蔻
3.
VERB
偷取,偷盗(尤指不贵重的物品) To pinch something, especially something of little value, means to steal it.
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Do you remember when I pinched your glasses?
你还记得我偷你眼镜的事儿吗?
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...pickpockets who pinched his wallet.
偷走他钱包的扒手
4.
PHRASE
必要时;在紧要关头 If you say that something is possible at a pinch, or in American English if you say that something is possible in a pinch, you mean that it would be possible if it was necessary, but it might not be very comfortable or convenient.
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Six people, and more at a pinch, could be seated comfortably at the table.
这张桌子可以很舒服地坐6个人,而且必要时多坐几个也不会挤。
- Noun
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1. a painful or straitened circumstance;
- "the pinch of the recession"
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2. an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
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3. a slight but appreciable addition;
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4. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action;
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5. small sharp biting
- synonym: nip
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6. a squeeze with the fingers
- synonym: tweak
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7. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);
- "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
- synonym: apprehension,arrest,catch,collar,taking into custody
- Verb
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1. squeeze tightly between the fingers;
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2. make ridges into by pinching together
- synonym: crimp
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3. make off with belongings of others
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4. cut the top off;
- "top trees and bushes"
- synonym: top
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5. irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear;
- "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"
- "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
- synonym: vellicate
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- 2.紧抢风行驶
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- 1. At a pinch it can be used as a weapon.
- 必要时可以把它当作武器。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot.
- 宁愿把鞋铰开,也不能让脚受屈。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. Eleanor is always a penny-pinch ever since she has been young.
- 埃莉诺从年轻时候起就一直是个非常吝啬的人。
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- 4. He gave her a spiteful pinch.
- 他恶意地拧她一下。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. He put a pinch of salt on his food.
- 他在自己的食物上撒了一撮盐。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 6. If you usually pinch back the dead flower heads, new ones will grow.
- 如果你经常将枯死的花冠掐掉,新花就会长出来。
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- 7. In a pinch, you could get home on foot.
- 在万不得已时,你可以步行回家。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 8. It's six months since he lost his job, so he's beginning to feel the pinch.
- 他失业已有六个月了,所以开始感到相当困难。
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- 9. She gave him a pinch to wake him up.
- 她拧了他一下以弄醒他。
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- 10. She would pinch on food in order to spend on clothing.
- 她过去常把伙食费省下来买衣服。
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- 11. These shoes must be too small because they pinch.
- 因为这双鞋夹脚,所以他们一定是太小了。
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- 12. These shoes pinch my feet.
- 这双鞋把我的脚夹痛了。
来自《简明英汉词典》


