单词	pinch
释义	verb | noun pinchpinch1 /pɪntʃ/ ●○○ verb Etymology ETYMOLOGYpinch1 Origin: 1200-1300 From an unrecorded Old North French pinchier Verb Table VERB TABLE pinch Simple Form Present I, you, we, they pinch he, she, it pinches Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they pinched Present perfect I, you, we, they have pinched he, she, it has pinched Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had pinched Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will pinch Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have pinched Continuous Form Present I am pinching he, she, it is pinching you, we, they are pinching Past I, he, she, it was pinching you, we, they were pinching Present perfect I, you, we, they have been pinching he, she, it has been pinching Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been pinching Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be pinching Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been pinching Thesaurus THESAURUSheavy weight► press to put pressure or weight on something to make it flat, crush it, etc.:  The crop is then gathered and the grapes are pressed. ► squash to press something and damage it by making it flat:  Put the tomatoes where they won’t get squashed. ► crush to press something very hard so that it is broken or destroyed:  His leg was crushed between the car and the wall. ► mash to press fruit or cooked vegetables until they are soft and smooth:  Mash the potatoes well. ► grind to press and cut something into small pieces or powder using a special machine:  The flour used to be ground between these two circular stones. ► squeeze to press something from both sides, usually with your fingers:  Squeeze the toothpaste tube from the bottom. ► pinch to press someone’s skin between your finger and thumb:  Mom! Anna pinched me, and it really hurt! ► compress formal to press something so that it takes up less space:  The pump compresses the air, forcing it through a tube into the tire. ► compact formal to press something together so that it becomes smaller or more solid:  The machine compacts household trash. 1 [transitive] to press someone’s skin very tightly between your finger and thumb, especially so that it hurts:  Stop pinching me!► see thesaurus at press12[intransitive, transitive] if something you are wearing pinches you, it presses painfully on your skin, because it is too tight:  These shoes pinch my toes.3pinch yourself spoken to remind yourself that a situation is real and that you are not imagining it:  I keep pinching myself, and telling myself that I really did win. → see also penny-pinching verb | noun pinchpinch2 noun 1 pinch of salt/pepper/cinnamon etc. a small amount of salt, pepper, etc. that you can hold between your finger and thumb:  Stir in a pinch of nutmeg to the mixture.2[countable] an act of pressing someone’s flesh between your finger and thumb, especially so that it hurts:  Grandma gave us both a pinch on the cheek.3in a pinch if necessary in a particularly difficult or urgent situation:  My sister can take care of the kids for me in a pinch.4take something with a pinch of salt to not completely believe what someone says to you:  You have to take most things Dave says with a pinch of salt.5feel the pinch to have financial difficulties, especially because you are not making as much money as you used to make:  Local stores and businesses are beginning to feel the pinch.
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