单词 | to pinch in |
释义 | > as lemmasto pinch in a. intransitive. To encroach on or upon something (esp. land) so as to make narrower, restrict, or confine. Also: to put stress upon (a custom, practice, etc.). Also to pinch in. U.S. in later use. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] > infringe or encroach on attaina1382 pinchc1400 accroach1423 usurp1447 to usurp on or upon1493 invade?1521 encroachc1534 jetc1590 enjamb1600 to trench on or upon1622 trench1631 trample1646 to gain on or upon1647 trespass1652 impose1667 impinge1758 infringe1769 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiii. 371 Ȝif I ȝede to þe plow, I pynched [v.r. picched] so narwe [C. on hus half acre], Þat a fote londe or a forwe fecchen I wolde, Of my nexte neighbore. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Ssss.iv It is a shame to beholde..how men pynche at suche beere balkes, whiche by long vse and custome ought to be inuiolablye kepte. 1610 in Dict. National Biogr. (1887) at Cowell, John He was requested to answer some other passages of his book which do as well pinch upon the authority of the king. a1626 F. Bacon Wks. (1753) II. 128 And whereas they pinch upon the last words in the certificate, viz, that Cheshire was no part of the dominion, nor of the marches. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. §47. 457 I should have pinched hard upon this Practice, if it had not been a Push-pin Game. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xix. 346 Winter ‘pinched in’ on mining operations in Utah. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xxv. 394 The spurs of the Sierras..in mining parlance ‘pinch in’ upon the plain. 1956 N.Y. Times 6 May xx. 27/5 The road is..forced onto narrow ledges as the cliff walls ‘pinch in’ upon the stream. < as lemmas |
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