| 释义 |
pinchpinch1 /pɪntʃ / verb [transitive] to squeeze a piece of someone's skin tightly between your thumb and finger, or between two hard surfaces捏；拧；掐；夹◆The lecture was so boring I had to pinch myself to stay awake.讲座太枯燥了，我不得不掐自己免得打瞌睡。◆Paul pinched his finger in the car door.保罗的手指被车门夹了。
pinchpinch2 /pɪntʃ / noun [countable] - an act of holding a person's skin tightly between your thumb and finger捏；拧；掐；夹◆She gave him a little pinch on the arm.她轻轻捏了一下他的胳膊。
- the amount of something that you can pick up with your thumb and finger一撮◆a pinch of salt一撮盐
 ●in a pinchif necessary but with some difficulty必要时；迫不得已◆We really need three, but we could manage with two in a pinch.我们确实需要三个，但实在不行两个也能对付。 |