pinch

pinch的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [pintʃ]
KK音标发音： [pɪntʃ]

pinch的词性：
v.（动词）

pinch的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

1. 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、工具的夹片或其它刀口间相互挤压

2. To squeeze or bind (a part of the body) in such a way as to cause discomfort or pain:
挤痛，夹痛：用某种方式挤或夹（身体某部分）以至造成不适和疼痛：

These shoes pinch my toes.
这双鞋挤脚

3. To nip, wither, or shrivel:
使（植物）枯萎，凋谢：捏，枯萎，萎缩：

buds that were pinched by the frost; a face that was pinched with grief.
被寒霜侵袭而枯萎的花蕾；因痛苦而扭曲的脸

4. To straiten:
使紧缺，节制：

“A year and a half of the blockade has pinched Germany”(William L Shirer)
“一年半的封锁使德国经济萎缩”(威廉L夏勒)

5. Slang To take (money or property) unlawfully; steal.See Synonyms at steal
【俚语】 擅自拿取，抢取…东西：非法取得（金钱或财物）；偷取参见 steal

6. Slang To take into custody; arrest.
【俚语】 拘留；逮捕

7. To move (something) by means of a pinch bar.
用撬杆移动（某物）

8. Nautical To head (a boat) very close into the wind.
【航海】 抢风驶船：使（船）迎着风

pinch的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）

9. To press, squeeze, or bind painfully:
挤痛，压痛：疼痛地压、挤、扎：

This collar pinches.
领子紧得勒脖子

10. To be miserly.
吝惜，节约

11. Nautical To drag an oar at the end of a stroke.
【航海】 拖桨：在一次划浆的最后拖桨

pinch的词性：
n.（名词）

12. The act or an instance of pinching.
捏，拧：捏、拧等动作或事实

13. An amount that can be held between thumb and forefinger:
一撮，少量：

a pinch of rosemary.
一把迷迭香

14. A painful, difficult, or straitened circumstance:
困难，紧迫情况：痛苦、困难或紧迫的处境：

felt the pinch of the recession.
感到萧条时期的困难

15. An emergency situation:
紧急情况：

This coat will do in a pinch.
衣服要紧急赶制

16. A narrowing of a mineral deposit, as in a mine.
减少：矿物沉积物的减少，如在煤矿中

17. Informal A theft.
【非正式用语】 偷窃

18. Slang An arrest by a law enforcement officer.
【俚语】 逮捕：被执法人员捕获

pinch的词性：
adj.Baseball （形容词）【棒球】

19. Relating to pinch-hitting or pinch runners:
替补击球的：关于替补击球或替补击球员的：

a pinch single; a pinch steal of second base.
替捕的一垒安打；第二垒替补偷击

20. To be thrifty or miserly.
吝啬的：过于节俭或吝啬的

pinch的词源：

21. Middle English pinchen
中古英语 pinchen

22. from Old North French *pinchier
源自 古法国北方方言 *pinchier

23. variant of Old French pincier
古法语 pincier的变体

24. perhaps from Vulgar Latin *p^oncti3re
可能源自 俗拉丁语 *p^oncti3re