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单词 pinched
释义 pinched
\ˈpincht\ adjective
Etymology: from past participle of pinch (I)
1. : compressed, squeezed, contracted
 < the pinched attic — Sinclair Lewis >
 < the valleys become pinched — Richard Joseph >
 < feel the effect on the consumer's pinched purse — Wall Street Journal >
2. : drawn thin (as from hunger or cold) : wasted, haggard
 < a small, pinched face — T.B.Costain >
 < thought he looked pinched and cold — G.G.Carter >
3. : being in straitened circumstances : hard up
 < throve … when all their neighbors were pinched — Samuel Butler †1902 >
pinched·ly \ˈpinchə̇dlē, -chtl-, -li\ adverb
pinched·ness \-chə̇dnə̇s, -ch(t)n-\ noun -es
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