夹（夾）;[Ⅰ
❸挟]jiā

Ⅰ  ❶ (从两个相对的方面加压力，使物体固定不动) press from both sides: 用筷子 ～ 菜 pick up food with chopsticks；
用钳子把烧红的铁 ～ 住 grip a piece of red-hot iron with a pair of tongs；
敌军 ～ 着尾巴逃跑了。The enemy troops ran away with their tails between their legs. 我的手指头被门 ～ 了一下。 My fingers got squeezed in the door. 鞋子 ～ 脚。 The shoe pinches.
❷ (放在两者之间；从两旁限制住) place in between: 把枫叶 ～ 在书里。 Put the maple leaves in between the pages. 他把孙子 ～ 在双膝当中。 He nipped his grandson between his knees. 他 ～ 在我们两人中间。 He was sandwiched between the two of us.
❸ （用胳膊夹住） carry sth. under one's arm: ～ 着皮包 carry a briefcase under one's arm；
这名学生腋下 ～ 着一本英语词典走来。 The student came along with an English dictionary under his arm.
❹ (夹杂；搀杂) mix;mingle;intersperse: ～ 叙 ～ 议 narration interspersed with comments；～ 在人群里 mingle with the crowd；
狂风 ～ 着暴雨 a violent wind accompanied by a torrential rain Ⅱ (夹东西的器具；夹子) clip,clamp,folder,etc.: 发 ～ hairpin；
文件 ～ folder；
衣 ～ clothes peg；
纸 ～ paper clip
另见 see also ɡā;jiá。
◆夹岸垂柳 The weeping willows fringe both banks.；
夹板 boards for pressing sth. or holding things together;assula;holddown;clamp(ing) plate;clamping strap;fitting strip;strap clamping;{电} cleat;{医} splint;splent;[希] epithesis；
夹鼻眼镜 [法] pince-nez；
夹层 {建} mezzanine;entresol;interlayer;sandwiching;{地质} intercalary strata;interbed;intercalation;band;horse;intercalated bed；
夹层墙 a double wall；
夹持 clamp;grip;grasp；
夹持器 retainer;clamper;cramp frame;clamp holder;gag；
夹带 carry secretly;smuggle;notes smuggled into an examination hall;carry-under;clamp strap;entrain(ing)；
夹道 a narrow lane;passageway;line both sides of the street；
夹道欢迎 line the streets to welcome ...;line the streets to give sb. a welcome；
夹断 pinch off;pinch-off 夹缝 a narrow space between two adjacent things;crack;crevice；
夹杆 fish bar;clamping bar;clip bar;tiller from；
夹攻 attack from both sides;converging attack;pincer attack;two-way attack；
夹击 converging attack;pincer attack；
夹脊 {穴位} Jiaji；
夹角 included angle;intersection angle；
夹紧 fastening motion;gripping;pinch;clamp-on;vise;crimping;clamp;pinch off;clamping；
夹具 {机} fixture;chucking;chucking appliance;clamp;clamp apparatus;clamping fixture;connecting terminal;holder;tonger;clamping yokes;take-in device;choker；
夹锯 saw pinching；
夹楼层 {建} mezzanine；
夹苗器 grommet；
夹盘 chuck plate;chuck;clamping chuck；
夹钳 grab;pliers;holdfast;grip;clamp;tongs;clam;clamp frame;clench;cramp;pincer clamp；
夹生 half-cooked;half-baked；
夹书架 bookholder；
夹条 {木} batten;holding strip；
夹头 {冶} tong hold;cartridge;clamping chuck;clamping head;grip holder;gripping head;radius head;split collet;hander;chuck；
夹馅 stuffed (pastry,etc.)；
夹心 with filling；
夹渣 {冶} slag inclusion;cinder inclusion;slag spot；
夹着尾巴 run away with one's tail between one's legs；
夹竹桃 {植} Nerium indicum;rosebay；
夹住 nip;bite;dog down;nipping;grasping；
夹注 interlinear notes；
夹爪 clamping jaw;grip pawl;gripping jaw;holding jaw；
夹子 clamp;folder;tongs;clip;cramp iron;kep;attachment clip;clinch;hook;bracket;staple bolt;traps