v (1)1)捏，掐，拧 (press sth firmly between the fingers and thumb or hurt sb by holding his flesh in this way) [T+n， T+n+prep]：～a child's cheek playfully 开玩笑地捏小孩的面颊;He～ed her arm. 他捏她的胳膊。He hurt me when he～ed my arm. 他掐我的胳膊把我弄疼了。Stop～ing me. 别掐我。She was so amazed she had to～herself in case it was all a dream. 她非常惊奇，掐了自己一下，看看是不是这一切都是在梦中。〖同〗 squeeze; 2)挤，夹 (have sth in a tight grip between two hard surfaces that are pressed together accidentally or on purpose) [T+n， T+n+prep]：～one's fingers in the car door 被车门挤了手指;(sb's fingers) be～ed in the doorway (某人的手指)被门夹了;〖同〗squeeze，compress，crush;

(2)(尤指由于鞋太小)夹痛(脚) ((esp of shoes) hurt sb by being too small or tight) [I， T+n]： These new shoes must be too small because they～. 这鞋夹脚，一定是太小了。These new shoes/boots～me. 这双新鞋/靴子挤脚。〖同〗squeeze，hurt;

(3)私自拿走，偷走 (take sth without permission; steal) [T+n] (infml)：～sb's dictionary/sb's pen/sb's bicycle 私自拿(偷)走某人的字典/钢笔/自行车;The thief～ed her purse and ran. 小偷偷了她的钱夹后跑掉了。〖同〗steal， snatch， lift;

(4)(警察)抓住，逮捕 ((of the police) take sb to a police station and charge him with a crime) [T+n， 尤 pass] (sl)： get～ed for stealing/driving while drunk 因偷窃行为/酒后驾车而被逮捕;〖同〗arrest;

pinch and save/scrape 省吃俭用： His parents～ed and saved so that he could study abroad. 他的父母省吃俭用供他出国留学。

pinch off/out (v adv) 掐(摘)掉(vt)： If you regularly～off the dead flowers， new ones will grow. 如果你定期摘掉枯萎的花朵，新的花就会长出来。

→′pinched adj 痛苦的，苦难的;拮据的，缺乏的;

n(1)捏，掐，夹，挤 (act of pinching; painful squeeze) [C]： give sb a playful～on the cheek 在某人脸颊上开玩笑地捏了一下;give sb a～(on the arm) to wake him up 掐一下某人(的胳膊)把他弄醒;the～of tight shoes 鞋紧夹脚;〖同〗squeeze;

(2)一小撮，微量(what can be held between the thumb and forefinger; very small amount) [C]： a～of salt/chilli powder/tea 一小撮盐/辣椒粉/茶叶;〖同〗bit;

at a pinch 必要时： At a～， you can stay here for the night. 必要时，你可以在这里过夜。

if it comes to the pinch 必要时，在紧急情况下： If it comes to the～， I'll play the piano for you， but I'm not very good. 如果为了救急，我能为你弹钢琴，但我弹得不太好。