n.捏；少量；一撮；困苦；偷竊
v.掐；夾痛；使困苦；偷竊；逮捕
She gave him a painful pinch. 她捏得他很痛。
He put a pinch of salt on his food. 他在自己的食物上撒了一撮鹽。
Even the town council is now feeling the pinch. 連市政府目前都感到經(jīng)費困難。
用作動詞 (v.)He decided to pinch back the buds on the plant. 他決定將植物上的芽掐掉。
She had to pinch herself to make sure she was not dreaming. 她不得不掐一下自己，弄清楚自己不是在做夢。
The new shoes pinched my toes. 這雙新鞋緊得夾腳趾。
They were ready to pinch themselves for years. 他們準備使自己過幾年拮據(jù)的生活。
He's been pinching money from the cashbox. 他一直在偷錢箱里的錢。
He was still carrying the stolen goods when he was pinched. 他被逮捕的時候身上還帶著贓物。
pinch的基本意思是用手“捏”“掐”“夾”“擠”,也可表示“緊壓”“擠痛”。引申可作“節(jié)省”“吝嗇”解。
pinch可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時接名詞或代詞作賓語。
在非正式用語中, pinch還可作“偷竊”“未經(jīng)許可而取用”解。
pinch后接介詞with表示“因…而困苦或痛苦”,常用于被動結構。
下列兩句的意思相同: 門把他的手夾住了。He pinched his finger in the door.The door pinched his finger.
n.折疊缺陷；鉗子
n.鐵鉗；鉗子
