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adj.
短缺的,匮乏的
v.
夹痛( pinch的过去式和过去分词 )
逮捕
盗窃
使入不敷出
词根:pine
adj.pine 松木的;似松的
n.pinch 匮乏;少量;夹痛
pine [林] 松树;凤梨,菠萝
vi.pinch 夹痛;节省
pine 渴望,痛苦;憔悴
vt.pinch 捏;勒索;使苦恼;掐掉某物,修剪
pine 为…悲哀;哀悼
verb
transitive verb
to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument
to prune the tip of (a plant or shoot) usually to induce branching
to squeeze or compress painfully
to cause physical or mental pain to
to cause to appear thin, haggard, or shrunken
to subject to strict economy or want : straiten
to restrain or limit narrowly : constrict
steal
arrest
to sail too close to the wind
intransitive verb
compress, squeeze
to be miserly or closefisted
to press painfully
narrow, taper
the road pinched down to a trail—Cecelia Holland
noun
a critical juncture : emergency
pressure, stress
deficit
an act of pinching : squeeze
as much as may be taken between the finger and thumb
a pinch of snuff
a very small amount
a marked thinning of a vein or bed
theft
a police raidalso: arrest
adjective
substitute
pinch runner
hit by a pinch hitter
a pinch homer
feel the pinch[口]感到经济拮据
a pinch of一撮,少许
pinch roll夹送辊;导正滚轮;拉辊
pinch pennies精打细算
pinch point[化]夹点(饱和蒸气与冷却剂最小温差点)
in a pinch必要时;在紧要关头
a pinch of salt盐少许;一撮盐
pinch valve夹管阀;夹紧式胶管阀
at a pinch在紧要关头
pinch roller压紧轮,紧带轮;挟滚轮
Verb Middle English, from Anglo-French *pincher, pincer
The first known use of pinch was in the 14th century
pinchernoun
one that pinches
plural pincer sense 1
pinchernoun
one that pinches
plural pincer sense 1
pinch1 of 2verb
to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument
to nip off (a bud) to control flowering or prune the tip of (a young shoot) to cause branching
to squeeze painfully
to cause to appear thin, haggard, or shrunken
a face pinched with cold
to be thrifty or stingy
to restrain or limit narrowly
steal entry 1 sense 2a
arrest entry 1 sense 2
narrow entry 3, taper
to sharply reduce the length or quantity of
pinch2 of 2noun
a critical time or point : emergency
help out in a pinch
painful pressure or stress
the pinch of hunger
an act of pinching
as much as may be taken between the finger and thumb
a pinch of salt
a small amount
theft
a police raidalso: arrest entry 2 sense 2
1 Struggling, he pinched a finger, which bled pink in the rain.
2 Pinch together the edges of the dough.
3 She got pinched for speeding.
她因超速驾驶而被拘留了.
4 Before they emptied out, the inner cities were swarming with desperation-hungry bellies, pinched guts, lousy scalps, dirty necks, and the people who made money off of it all.
5 She crossed her arms and pinched her sides.
6 The man who had pinched her was a plump middle-aged farmer called Arnold Hemsley, whose dæmon was a ferret.
7 Her parents pinched and scraped so that she could study singing abroad.
她父母省吃俭用好让她出国学习声乐。
8 He pinched the thread with his other hand and then said, “Anya! It broke!”
9 She reached up, took a chunk of his arm between her fingers, and pinched.
10 Her face was pinched..as if the life were being sucked out of it.
11 I pinched the clean end tight with my lips to keep it from falling and clamped my tongue against the roof of my mouth to keep from choking on the pointy end.
12 Well, he got pinched this time.
这一次他终于失手了。
13 It is an election year and Americans are feeling increasingly pinched.
今年是大选年,而美国老百姓的钱袋子却越来越瘪.
14 Not long after they started their daily walks, Ginny stopped wearing her leg braces, claiming they pinched her.
15 He went back down into the cabin and opened the front hatch to loosen the pinched jib.
16 Her face was pinched and her expression was disapproving.
17 To stop the blood loss, Kelley had pinched off an artery using a hemostat, something he wasn’t officially rated to use.
18 They pinched it on both sides at once.
他们立刻把两边都捏住了。
19 He didn’t like the smell, so he pinched his nose shut as they stood on the sidewalk and viewed the murky tanks.
20 Once the brim was pinched between his thumb and forefinger, the arm retracted like fishing line on a reel.
2 皱缩的
3 困难
mean hard nice difficult tight painful uncomfortable stiff sticky uphill hairy troublesome laborious thorny spiny knotted labored knobby laborsome arduously stickily troublesomely matter pressure trouble difficulty mess involvement rub Jam pinch hurdle pickle strait handicap hardness kink toughen in difficulties hot water boiling water
6 瘦削的
7 穷苦的
8 不足
poor inadequate insufficient slender wanting scant skimpy meagre scanty miserly incommensurate poorly little failure shortage minus scarcity inadequacy demerit poorness fail lack be lacking in
9 困难的
mean hard nice difficult tight painful uncomfortable stiff sticky uphill hairy troublesome laborious thorny spiny knotted labored knobby laborsome
12 贫乏
poor lean spare miserable meager tenuous scanty Lenten poorly scantily sparely meanly beggarliness exiguity sterility smallness aridity spareness tenuity meagerness exility in bad circumstances lack for