| 单词 | pinch |
| 释义 | pinch (once / 429 pages) 1vn 2n 3n 4v 5n To pinch is to sharply squeeze or grip with your fingers. No matter how much you love your grandma, you probably don't enjoy it when she pinches your cheek and tells you how tall you've gotten. You can pinch your little brother when he's being annoying, and you can pinch an image on a touchscreen (to make it smaller or larger) by moving your fingertips the same way. Pinch is also a noun, meaning the act of pinching or the amount of something you can hold between your finger and thumb: "Add a pinch of salt to the soup." Informally, if you pinch something from a store, you steal it. WORD FAMILYpinch: pinched, pinches, pinching USAGE EXAMPLESSlowly, a pinch of doubt about the bold move that Duncan was attempting bubbled to the surface. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Hurricanes found themselves in a pinch when Lack fell ill before Saturday night’s game at Tampa Bay. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) She scoured the internet for information about stillbirths and pinched umbilical cords - the culprit in her son’s death. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v squeeze tightly between the fingers He pinched her behind Syn|Hypo|Hyper nip, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch goose pinch in the buttocks tweakpinch or squeeze sharply grip hold fast or firmly 2v make ridges into by pinching together Syn|Hypo|Hyper crimp flute form flutes in fold, fold up, turn up bend or lay so that one part covers the other 3v irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back Syn|Hyper vellicate irritate excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus 4v cut the top off Syn|Hypo|Hyper top tail remove the stalk of fruits or berries clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of 5n a squeeze with the fingers Syn|Hyper tweak squeeze, squeezing the act of gripping and pressing firmly 6n an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed Hyper harm, hurt, injury, trauma any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. 7n a small sharp bite or snip 2Syn|Hyper nip clip, clipping, snip the act of clipping or snipping bite, chompthe act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws 1n a painful or straitened circumstance the pinch of the recession Hyper difficulty a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome 2n a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action 3Syn|Hyper emergency, exigency crisis a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something n a slight but appreciable amount 4Syn|Hypo|Hyper hint, jot, mite, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch snuff a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude v make off with belongings of others 5Syn|Hyper abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe steal take without the owner's consent n the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) Syn|Hyper apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, taking into custody capture, gaining control, seizure the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |
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