Pinch
[ p?nt? ]
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vt. 捏，掐;擠痛，夾痛;使（植物）枯萎，凋謝;使緊缺，節制;
vi. 擠痛，壓痛;吝惜，節約;
n. 匱乏;少量，一撮;困苦;
?? 例句
She usually felt the pinch at the end of a month.
她通常在月底感到手頭很緊。
He suffered from the pinch of his tight shoes.
他受鞋緊擠痛之苦。
He suffered from the pinch of his tight shoes.
他受鞋緊擠痛之苦。
The high rate of unemployment is making many families feel the pinch.
失業率很高, 許多家庭感到日子不好過了.
We felt the pinch after Father lost his job.
父親失業之后,我們感到手頭拮據了。
?? 聯想助記
【串】共坐一條bench(長凳),相距不過inch(英寸),激情難以quench(撲滅),把她的手pinch(掐),結果反被
【記】※ pin-別針,ch-拼音“吃”:捏著別針吃東西
※ p-拼音“皮”,inch-英寸:你的頭皮被我掐掉一英寸
※ p-拼音“胖”,inch-英寸:我的臉被媽媽給擰腫了,胖了一英寸
? 同義詞
?? 牛津釋義
pinch
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
(a) take or hold (sth) in a tight grip between the thumb and finger 捏, 掐（某物）
He pinched the child's cheek playfully. 他捏那孩子的臉頰玩.
(b) hurt (sb) by holding his flesh in this way 掐, 捏, 擰（某人）
The child was crying because somebody had pinched her. 那孩子哭了, 因為有人掐她.
I was so amazed I had to pinch myself in case it was all a dream. 我非常驚訝, 連忙掐了自己一把看是否這一切都是一場夢.
(c) have (sth) in a tight grip between two hard things that are pressed together 夾緊（某物）
The door pinched my finger as it shut. 關門時把我手指夾住了.
2 [I, Tn] (esp of shoes) hurt (sb) by being too tight （尤指鞋）夾痛（某人）, 夾腳
These new boots pinch (me). （我 覺得）這雙新靴子擠腳.
3 [Tn] ~ sth (from sb/sth) (infml 口) take sth without the owner's permission; steal sth 擅自拿走或偷竊某物
He's been pinching money from the cashbox. 他一直在偷錢箱里的錢.
Who's pinched my dictionary? 誰把我的詞典拿去了?
4 [Tn esp passive 尤用於被動語態]
(sl 俚) (of the police) catch and arrest (sb) （指警察）捉住, 逮捕（某人）
He was still carrying the stolen goods when he was pinched. 抓住他的時候他身上還帶著贓物.
get pinched for driving while drunk 因醉酒開車被逮住.
5 (idm 習語) pinch and `save/`scrape live in a very miserly way 省吃儉用
Her parents pinched and scraped so that she could study singing abroad. 她父母省吃儉用好讓她出國學習聲樂. Cf 參看 scrimp and save (scrimp).
6 (phr v) pinch sth off/out remove sth by pinching 掐掉某物
pinch out the weak shoots on a plant 掐掉植物上發育不良的芽
pinch off the dead flowers 掐掉凋謝的花. pinch, n
1 act of pinching; painful squeeze 捏; 掐; 擰; 夾; 擠
She gave him a pinch (on the arm) to wake him up. 她掐了他（胳膊）一下, 把他叫醒.
2 as much as can be held between the tips of the thumb and forefinger 能捏住或掐住的量
a pinch of chilli powder 一捏辣椒粉
Put another pinch of tea in the pot. 往茶 里再捏點茶葉.
3 (idm 習語) at a `pinch just possibly, in a case of necessity 必要時
We can get six people round this table at a pinch. 必要時這張桌子可以坐六個人. feel the pinch => feel1. if it ,comes to the `pinch in a case of necessity or in an emergency 必要時; 緊急時
If it comes to the pinch, we shall have to sell the house. 實在不行我們只好把房子賣了. take sth with a pinch of salt think that sth is not likely to be true; not wholly believe sth 認為某事物不大可能屬實; 對某事物半信半疑.
?? 考研助記
p(皮)+inch(英寸):你的頭皮被我 掐掉一英寸 網友：yqy 補充：“拼起”（諧音）：捏,掐,擰，把這些東西拼起來
?? 擴展釋義
*[pint?]n. 捏, 擰, 撮, 少量, 收縮, 擠壓, 夾痛, 苦惱, 逮捕, 指控, 匱乏, 緊急關頭vt. 捏, 擰, 掐, 擠壓, 修剪, 使困苦, 使萎縮, 節制, 少量加入, 逮捕, 勒索vi. 收縮, 節省, 擠壓, 引起苦惱【法】 緊急, 緊急關頭, 挾相關詞組: feel the pinch with a pinch of salt at a pinch
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Why vinegar, Sir, if I may ask?
先生，要是我能問的話，您為什么要帶醋呢？
On Reading
論閱讀
But what else?
但它還傳遞別的什么呢？