名詞 pinch:

1. a painful or straitened circumstance
2. an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
3. a slight but appreciable addition
   同義詞：touch, hint, tinge, mite, jot, speck, soupcon
4. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
   同義詞：emergency, exigency
5. a small sharp bite or snip
   同義詞：nip
6. a squeeze with the fingers
   同義詞：tweak
7. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
   同義詞：apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, taking into custody

動(dòng)詞 pinch:

1. squeeze tightly between the fingers
   同義詞：squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
2. make ridges into by pinching together
   同義詞：crimp
3. make off with belongings of others
   同義詞：pilfer, cabbage, purloin, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
4. cut the top off
   同義詞：top
5. irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
   同義詞：vellicate

1. He was still carrying the stolen goods when he was pinched.
   抓住他的時(shí)候他身上還帶著贓物。
2. He's been pinching money from the cashbox.
   他一直在偷錢(qián)箱里的錢(qián)。
3. He was pinched with cold and hunger.
   他饑寒交迫。
4. The door pinched my finger as it shut.
   門(mén)關(guān)上時(shí)夾了我的手指。
5. The new shoes pinched my toes.
   這雙新鞋緊得夾腳趾。

pinch

v.（動(dòng)詞）
pinched,pinch.ing,pinch.es
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges.
捏，掐：在大拇指和一根手指、工具的夾片或其它刀口間相互擠壓
To squeeze or bind (a part of the body) in such a way as to cause discomfort or pain:
擠痛，夾痛：用某種方式擠或夾（身體某部分）以至造成不適和疼痛：
例句：
These shoes pinch my toes.
這雙鞋擠腳

To nip, wither, or shrivel:
使（植物）枯萎，凋謝：捏，枯萎，萎縮：
例句：
buds that were pinched by the frost; a face that was pinched with grief.
被寒霜侵襲而枯萎的花蕾；因痛苦而扭曲的臉

To straiten:
使緊缺，節(jié)制：
例句：
.A year and a half of the blockade has pinched Germany.(William L. Shirer)
.一年半的封鎖使德國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)萎縮.(威廉L.夏勒)

Slang To take (money or property) unlawfully; steal.See Synonyms at steal
【俚語(yǔ)】 擅自拿取，搶取…東西：非法取得（金錢(qián)或財(cái)物）；偷取參見(jiàn) steal
Slang To take into custody; arrest.
【俚語(yǔ)】 拘留；逮捕
To move (something) by means of a pinch bar.
用撬桿移動(dòng)（某物）
Nautical To head (a boat) very close into the wind.
【航海】 搶風(fēng)駛船：使（船）迎著風(fēng)
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To press, squeeze, or bind painfully:
擠痛，壓痛：疼痛地壓、擠、扎：
例句：
This collar pinches.
領(lǐng)子緊得勒脖子

To be miserly.
吝惜，節(jié)約
Nautical To drag an oar at the end of a stroke.
【航?！?/i> 拖槳：在一次劃漿的最后拖槳
n.（名詞）
The act or an instance of pinching.
捏，擰：捏、擰等動(dòng)作或事實(shí)
An amount that can be held between thumb and forefinger:
一撮，少量：
例句：
a pinch of rosemary.
一把迷迭香

A painful, difficult, or straitened circumstance:
困難，緊迫情況：痛苦、困難或緊迫的處境：
例句：
felt the pinch of the recession.
感到蕭條時(shí)期的困難

An emergency situation:
緊急情況：
例句：
This coat will do in a pinch.
衣服要緊急趕制

A narrowing of a mineral deposit, as in a mine.
減少：礦物沉積物的減少，如在煤礦中
Informal A theft.
【非正式用語(yǔ)】 偷竊
Slang An arrest by a law enforcement officer.
【俚語(yǔ)】 逮捕：被執(zhí)法人員捕獲
adj.Baseball （形容詞）【棒球】
Relating to pinch-hitting or pinch runners:
替補(bǔ)擊球的：關(guān)于替補(bǔ)擊球或替補(bǔ)擊球員的：
例句：
a pinch single; a pinch steal of second base.
替捕的一壘安打；第二壘替補(bǔ)偷擊

<習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)>pinch pennies【非正式用語(yǔ)】
To be thrifty or miserly.
吝嗇的：過(guò)于節(jié)儉或吝嗇的
來(lái)源：
Middle English pinchen
中古英語(yǔ) pinchen
from Old North French *pinchier
源自 古法國(guó)北方方言 *pinchier
variant of Old French pincier
古法語(yǔ) pincier的變體
perhaps from Vulgar Latin *poncti3re
可能源自 俗拉丁語(yǔ) *poncti3re