| 单词 | pinch |
| 释义 | pinch v. & n. --v 1. tr. a grip (esp. the skin of part of the body or of another person) tightly, esp. between finger and thumb (pinched my finger in the door; stop pinching me). b (often absol.) (of a shoe, garment, etc.) constrict (the flesh) painfully. 2. tr. (of cold, hunger, etc.) grip (a person) painfully (she was pinched with cold). 3. tr. sl. a steal; take without permission. b arrest (a person) (pinched him for loitering). 4. (as pinched adj.) (of the features) drawn, as with cold, hunger, worry, etc. 5. a tr. (usu. foll. by in, of, for, etc.) stint (a person). b intr. be niggardly with money, food, etc. 6. tr. (usu. foll. by out, back, down) Hort. remove (leaves, buds, etc.) to encourage bushy growth. 7. intr. sail very close to the wind. --n 1. the act or an instance of pinching etc. the flesh. 2. an amount that can be taken up with fingers and thumb (a pinch of snuff). 3. the stress or pain caused by poverty, cold, hunger, etc. 4. sl. a an arrest. b a theft. Phrases and idioms at (or in) a pinch in an emergency; if necessary. feel the pinch experience the effects of poverty. pinch-hitter US 1 a baseball player who bats instead of another in an emergency. 2. a person acting as a substitute. Etymology: ME f. AF & ONF pinchier (unrecorded), OF pincier, ult. f. L pungere punct- prick |
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