1.[t]~ sb/sth/yourself拧；捏；掐to take a piece of sb's skin between your thumb and first finger and squeeze hard, especially to hurt the person
My sister's always pinching me and it really hurts.我姐姐老拧我，真的很痛。
He pinched the baby's cheek playfully.他捏着宝宝的脸颊逗着玩。
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梦。
2.[t]~ sth (+ adv./prep.)捏住；夹紧to hold sth tightly between the thumb and finger or between two things that are pressed together
Pinch the nostrils together between your thumb and finger to stop the bleeding.用手指捏住鼻孔止血。
a pinched nerve in the neck脖子上一条被挤压的神经
3.[i][t]~ (sb/sth)夹（脚）；夹痛if sth such as a shoepinches part of your body, it hurts you because it is too tight
These new shoes pinch.这双新鞋夹脚。
4.[t](informal)~ sth (from sb/sth)偷摸；行窃to steal sth, especially sth small and not very valuable
Who's pinched my pen?谁拿了我的笔？
5.[t]~ sb/sth使花费过多；使入不敷出to cost a person or an organization a lot of money or more than they can spend
Higher interest rates are already pinching the housing industry.提高利率已使住房产业不堪负荷。
6.[t](informal)~ sb逮捕to arrest sb
I was pinched for dangerous driving.我因危险驾驶而被抓。
1.捏；掐；拧an act of squeezing a part of sb's skin tightly between your thumb and finger, especially in order to hurt them
She gave him a pinch on the arm to wake him up.她拧了一下他的胳膊把他唤醒。
2.一撮the amount of sth that you can hold between your finger and thumb
a pinch of salt一撮盐
We can get six people round this table at a pinch.必要时，这张桌子可以坐六个人。
We can get six people round this table at a pinch.必要时，这张桌子可以坐六个人。
I just threw in a pinch of this, some of that, a little bit of that over there and voila, I ended up with your perfume.
我只放了一小撮这个，一些那个东西，那边的一点点东西，就做成了香水。
Well, you could. But then how would you know that you didn't just dream the pinch itself and then transition into a different dream?
当然你可以这样做.可是，转念一想，这一掐会不会也是个梦境，接下来的一切不过是另一个梦境？
This pair of glasses seems to pinch a bit.
这副眼镜似乎太紧了一点。
"Now this will be a fine soup" , said the second soldier; "but a pinch of salt and some parsley would make it wonderful! "
“这将是一锅好汤”第二个士兵说；“不过如果有一撮盐和一些欧芹那就更棒啦！”
Normally it means to be "in a pinch" or "to get into a scrape" , but when it is applied to the economy, it becomes "financial crisis" .
但是，当应用到经济领域时，它变成了“金融危机”。
Users place a wad or pinch of the tobacco against their lip or cheek, then suck on it, a habit known as "dipping" .
吸食的人在嘴唇或面颊上放上一小块或一小撮，然后在上面舔吸，这种食用习惯被称作“浸食”。
His punishments of Caliban are petty and vindictive, as he calls upon his spirits to pinch Caliban when he curses.
他的丑陋处罚是琐碎的和有报仇心的，如同当他诅咒的时候，他在他的精神之后呼叫掐丑陋一样。
I hate measuring, and I say things like: a pinch of salt, a handful of flour, some of this and a splosh of that.
我讨厌测量食物，而且我常常这样说：一小撮盐，一把面粉，一些这个和一些那个。
Can be used after inflating, easy to carry. Inflated and deflated when the valve just pinch flat, a dedicated anti-backflow device gas.
充气后即可使用，便于携带。充、放气时仅需捏扁气门嘴，专设气体防倒流装置。
Terry Butcher said: "If I was an American I'd wind Rooney up. I'd stand on his toes, pinch him, belt him if I could. "
足坛名宿特里·布切说：“如果我是美国人，我肯定会想方设法激怒鲁尼，只要有可能就踩他脚趾，掐他，撞他。”
When he had said it , he took a culminating pinch of Snuff , and put his box in his pocket.
说完他嗅了最后一撮鼻烟，然后把鼻烟盒塞进了口袋。
While you could feel a pinch, this only prompts you to take charge of your practical affairs.
你觉得手头很紧，但这会促使你对手边的实际事务负责。
If you enter their offices they are unlikely to ask for a bribe or to pinch your bum.
如果你走进他们的办公室，他们不大可能索取贿赂，也不会捏你的屁股。
With Italy under strain, along with Spain, European corporate bonds began to feel the pinch Monday, along with stocks across the continent.
在意大利和西班牙一道承受压力之际，欧洲公司债券、以及欧陆各国的股市周一开始感受疼痛。
She put the little things on the ground. Strange to say, this mud pinch the small guy, just a contact with the ground, live on.
她把这个小东西放到地面上。说也奇怪，这个泥捏的小家伙，刚一接触地面，就活。
finally , there was an overall 13 % pinch strength difference between the dominant and non dominant hands for the total sample.
整体而言，惯用手与非惯用手的捏力值表现，约有13%的差异。
It seemed, he said, as he took a pinch of snuff, that I hadn't read the third chapter of the book of Genesis with sufficient attention.
看起来，他吸了一口鼻烟，说道，我没有足够的专注地阅读过《创世纪》的第三章。
In minor slumps with a maximum thickness of a couple of tens of centimetres, pinch-outs occur over a distance of only a couple of meters.
最大厚度为几十厘米的小滑塌，在仅仅几米的距离上就发生尖灭。
But a visit to the province of Shanxi, in the heart of China's coal belt, reveals why such plans should be taken with a pinch of salt.
但是到中国产煤带的中心省份山西去访问一下，你就知道为什么不应该完全相信这类计划了。
She took a pinch of salt with her right hand, rubbed a trickle into the pan, and beat her hands clean like a pair of cymbals.
她用右手捏了一把盐，搓着手指，盐成细流漏进锅内，然后把手拍干净，像拍打铜钹似的。
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