单词 | pinch |
释义 | pinch /pint/; pint/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 15A, B] take in a tight grip between the thumb and finger; have in a tight grip between two hard things which are pressed together: 捏; 掐; 夹; 挤: He ~ed the boy's cheek. 他掐那男孩的面颊。 He ~ed the top of the plants off/ ~ed out the side shoots. 他抱植物的顶端掐掉(把旁边的新芽摘掉)。 I ~ed my finger in the doorway. 我在门口夹到了手指头。 2 [VP6A, 2A] be too tight; hurt by being too tight: 紧压; 挤痛: These shoes ~ (me). 这双鞋子会夹脚。 (see. etc) where the shoe ~es, (fig) where the difficulty or hardship lies. (喻)(找出)困难所在。 3 (in passive) suffer; feel the effects of: (用于被动语态) 3! 受; 尝到: be ~ed with cold/poverty. 遭受寒冷(贫穷) 之苦。 bed for money, be short of money. 缺少钱; 经渣拮据。 4 [VP6A] (colloq) steal; take without permission: (U)偷; 窃; 未经许可而取用: Who's ~ed my dictionary? 谁拿了我的字 A? 5 [VP2A] be niggardly; be very mean; live sparingly or economically: 小气; 吝啬; 节省: parents who have to ~ and scrape in order to save money for a child's clothes. 必须格外节俭以便为孩子买衣服的父母。 6 (sl) (of the police) take into custody; arrest: (S) (K警察)逮捕; 捉住: You'll be ~ed if you're not careful. 标如果不小心,将会被逮捕。 n 1 act of ~ing; painful squeeze: 捏; 挤; 夹: He gave her a spiteful ~. 他狠弧地择她一下。 2 (fig) stress: (喻)重压; 压迫: feel the ~ of poverty. 感到贫穷的浦含。 3 amount which can be taken up with the thumb and finger: 一撮或一捻之量: a ~ of salt/snuff. 一撮盐(鼻烟)。 take sth with a ~ of salt, → salt. 4 at a ~; if it comes to the ~, if there is need and if there is no other way: 必要时: We can get six people round the table at a ~. 必要时我们可以使六个人坐在一桌。 |
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