掐qiāⅠ ❶ (用指甲按； 用手指使劲捏或截断) pinch; nip: 把嫩枝 ～ 短 pinch back the young shoots; 把香烟 ～ 了 stub out the cigarette; 不要 ～ 花。 Don't nip off the flowers. 他把植物的顶端 ～ 掉。 He pinched the top of the plants off.
❷ （用手的虎口紧紧按住） clutch: ～ 脖子 seize sb. by the throat; take by the throat; ～ 死 choke to death; throttleⅡ [书] （拇指和另一手指尖相对握着的数量） a handful; bunch; pinch, etc. of: 一～ 儿小葱 a handful of shallots
◆掐断 nip off; cut off; 掐花折枝 break off flowers from the stem; 掐尖儿 pinch off young shoots, etc.; 掐算 count [reckon] sth. on one's fingers; 掐头去尾 break off both ends; do away with unnecessary parts [details] at both ends;leave out the beginning and the end; nip off unwanted parts; remove the superfluous part 掐❶pinch; nip; pick
❷clutch; grip
❸quarrel
电视剧《金婚》中的夫妇俩互相～了一辈子。In the TV series Golden Wedding the couple quarreled all their lives./～大腿pinch sb’s leg/～豆角pick kidney beans/～灭香烟put(or stub) out the cigarette/～住胳膊grip the arm 掐qiānailing manipulation; pressingmanipulation with finger-nail |