pinch

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n. 捏, 拧, 撮, 少量, 收缩, 挤压, 夹痛, 苦恼, 逮捕, 指控, 匮乏, 紧急关头 vt. 捏, 拧, 掐, 挤压, 修剪, 使困苦, 使萎缩, 节制, 少量加入, 逮捕, 勒索 vi. 收缩, 节省, 挤压, 引起苦恼

发音

US /pɪnt͡ʃ/

词形变化

pinches 复数 pinches pinched pinches 三单 pinching pinching 现在分词 pinched 过去式 pinched 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

匮乏；少量；夹痛

动词

捏；勒索；使苦恼；掐掉某物，修剪

动词

夹痛；节省

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

    掐

  2. 2.

    A close compression of anything with the fingers.

    I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.

  3. 3.

    A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.

    捻

    Mix about four cups of white flour with a pinch of salt.

  4. 4.

    An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.

    困境

  5. 5.

    A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.

  6. 6.

    An organic herbal smoke additive.

  7. 7.

    A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.

    物理
  8. 8.

    The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.

  9. 9.

    An arrest.

    俚语
  10. 10.

    A steep incline; a very steep section of road.

    澳大利亚 新西兰
v.
  1. 1.

    To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

    捏

    掐

    Cantonese 搣

    The children were scolded for pinching each other.

    This shoe pinches my foot.

  2. 2.

    To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.

  3. 3.

    To squeeze between two objects.

  4. 4.

    Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.

    不及物
  5. 5.

    To steal, usually something inconsequential.

    偷

    俚语 及物

    Someone has pinched my handkerchief!

  6. 6.

    To arrest or capture.

    抓

    逮

    俚语 及物
  7. 7.

    To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.

    修剪

    植物学 商务
  8. 8.

    To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.

    抢风

    逆风

    航海 交通
  9. 9.

    To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.

    体育
  10. 10.

    To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.

    不及物 废旧

    1788, Benjamin Franklin (attributed), Paper the wretch whom avarice bids to pinch and spare

  11. 11.

    To seize; to grip; to bite.

  12. 12.

    To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.

    比喻

    to be pinched for money

  13. 13.

    To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.

  14. 14.

    To complain or find fault.

    废旧

    Therefore who so them accuse Of any double entencion, To speake, rowne, other to muse, To pinch at their condicion, All is but false collusion, I dare rightwell the sothe express, They have no better protection,

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

touch catch arrest emergency collar hint nip speck mite tweak

上位词 10

hurt bite harm crisis capture trauma squeeze injury clip difficulty

下位词 1

snuff
动词

同义词 10

top lift hook sneak squeeze cabbage tweet nip abstract swipe

上位词 10

dress steal rip grip fold clip crop trim snip irritate

下位词 4

tail goose flute tweak

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English pinchen, from Old Northern French *pinchier (compare Old French pincier, pincer (“to pinch”)), a word of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pinciāre (“to puncture, pinch”), from a merger of *punctiāre (“to puncture, sting”), from Latin punctiō (“a puncture, prick”) and *piccāre (“to strike, sting”), from Frankish *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick”). More at point, pick and pitch.

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