pinch
vt. 捏,掐; 挤痛,夹痛; 使(植物)枯萎,凋谢; 使紧缺,节制
vi. 挤痛,压痛; 吝惜,节约
n. 匮乏; 少量,一撮; 困苦
If you pinch a part of someone's body, you take a piece of their skin between your thumb and first finger and give it a short squeeze.
She pinched his arm as hard as she could...
她使出浑身的力气拧他的胳膊。
We both kept pinching ourselves to prove that it wasn't all a dream.
我们两个都一直在掐自己,证明这不是在做梦。
A pinch of an ingredient such as salt is the amount of it that you can hold between your thumb and your first finger.
Put all the ingredients, including a pinch of salt, into a food processor.
把包括一撮盐在内的所有配料放入食品加工机。
...a pinch of nutmeg.
一撮肉豆蔻
To pinch something, especially something of little value, means to steal it.
Do you remember when I pinched your glasses?
你还记得我偷你眼镜的事儿吗?
...pickpockets who pinched his wallet.
偷走他钱包的扒手
If you say that something is possible at a pinch, or in American English if you say that something is possible in a pinch, you mean that it would be possible if it was necessary, but it might not be very comfortable or convenient.
Six people, and more at a pinch, could be seated comfortably at the table.
这张桌子可以很舒服地坐6个人,而且必要时多坐几个也不会挤。
If a person or company is feeling the pinch, they do not have as much money as they used to, and so they cannot buy the things they would like to buy.
Consumers are spending less and traders are feeling the pinch.
消费者支出在减少,商人感觉手头拮据。
If you are in a pinch, you are in a difficult situation.
I'd trust her in a pinch...
身处困境时,我信任她。
Everyone knew he was in a pinch.
每个人都知道他境况艰难。
1. a painful or straitened circumstance;
2. an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
3. a slight but appreciable addition;
4. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action;
5. small sharp biting
6. a squeeze with the fingers
7. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);
1. squeeze tightly between the fingers;
2. make ridges into by pinching together
3. make off with belongings of others
4. cut the top off;
5. irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear;
at (或北美
在必要时,在紧急时
pinch pennies【非正式用语】
吝啬的:过于节俭或吝啬的
In a pinch, you could get home on foot.
在万不得已时, 你可以步行回家.
What I like cry from the time as general Xpress pinch love to laugh.
究竟是什么时候起我喜欢哭如同爱笑一般随心捏来.
Push the anchoring side bars against the pinch weld clamp. Hammer the wedges firmly as shown.
将支承侧杆对着焊接压板夹钳推. 如图所示的那样用锤子将楔子敲紧.
She would pinch on food in order to spend on clothing.
她过去常把伙食费省下来买衣服.
Water network optimization of petrochemical industry has been researched by using water pinch technology.
运用水夹点技术,对某石化企业进行用水网络优化研究.