pinch
[pint∫]

vt.

掐, 捏, 拧, 挤

掐掉(花枝等)(off, out, back)

使苦恼, 使萎缩, 使消瘦

削减; 限制, 使缺乏(for, in, of)

[俚]偷, 勒索, 诈取(from, out, of), 抢劫

逮捕, 拘留

【航海】使船抢风急驶, [英](赛马时)催马快跑

【常用短语】

pinch a child's face playfully

玩笑般地拧了一下小孩的脸蛋

pinch money from sb.

偷某人的钱

pinch off [out, back] the young shoots

掐掉嫩枝

【习惯用语】.

upon a pinch 在紧要关头, 必要时

drop a pinch of salt on the tail of 捉住某人, 捕获某人

feel the pinch [口]感到手头拮据

if it comes to the pinch 一旦危急时, 在必要时

with a pinch of salt 有保留地, 不全信地

pinch and save 节衣缩食地攒钱

pinch and scrape 东拼西凑; 俭省

pinch on 在...省钱

【近义词】synonym

squeeze
[skwi:z]

vt.

榨, 挤(出)(out, from), 塞, 压进, 挤入 (into), 紧握

Can you squeeze in?

你能挤进去吗？

【背句子记单词】

The thief pinched her purse and ran away.

小偷偷了她的皮夹子跑了。

She gave him a pinch to wake him up.

她拧了他一下以弄醒他。