pinching

英 [ˈpɪntʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈpɪntʃɪŋ]

v.  拧; 捏; 掐; 捏住; 夹紧; 夹(脚); 夹痛
pinch的现在分词

COCA.39134

柯林斯词典

• VERB 捏；拧；掐；夹
  If youpincha part of someone's body, you take a piece of their skin between your thumb and first finger and give it a short squeeze.
  1. She pinched his arm as hard as she could...
     她使出浑身的力气拧他的胳膊。
  2. We both kept pinching ourselves to prove that it wasn't all a dream.
     我们两个都一直在掐自己，证明这不是在做梦。
  3. Pinchis also a noun.
     
  4. She gave him a little pinch.
     她轻轻地捏了他一下。
• 把包括一撮盐在内的所有配料放入食品加工机。 → see:Put all the ingredients, including a pinch of salt, into a food processor.
• VERB 偷取，偷盗（尤指不贵重的物品）
  Topinchsomething, especially something of little value, means to steal it.
  1. Do you remember when I pinched your glasses?
     你还记得我偷你眼镜的事儿吗？
  2. ...pickpockets who pinched his wallet.
     偷走他钱包的扒手
• PHRASE 必要时；在紧要关头
  If you say that something is possibleat a pinch, or in American English if you say that something is possiblein a pinch, you mean that it would be possible if it was necessary, but it might not be very comfortable or convenient.
  1. Six people, and more at a pinch, could be seated comfortably at the table.
     这张桌子可以很舒服地坐6个人，而且必要时多坐几个也不会挤。
• PHRASE 感到手头拮据；感到囊中羞涩
  If a person or companyis feeling the pinch, they do not have as much money as they used to, and so they cannot buy the things they would like to buy.
  1. Consumers are spending less and traders are feeling the pinch.
     消费者支出在减少，商人感觉手头拮据。
• PHRASE 身处困境；处境艰难
  If you arein a pinch, you are in a difficult situation.
  1. I'd trust her in a pinch...
     身处困境时，我信任她。
  2. Everyone knew he was in a pinch.
     每个人都知道他境况艰难。

双语例句

• So if you're serious about deficits, you shouldn't be pinching pennies now;
  所以如果你真的关心财政赤字问题，你不应该在现在精打细算；
• And when you are pinching it off a bit you feel not so good.
  而当你对它有所阻塞时，你就很感觉不爽。
• Miss Mercy replied in the affirmative, pinching her sister's arm at the same time, and giggling excessively.
  慈悲小姐回答了一声“是”，同时又在姐姐胳膊上掐了一下，咭咭咯咯地笑个没完没了。
• Somebody keeps going into my desk and pinching my pencils.
  有人老是伸手到我书桌里来把我的铅笔捞了去。
• The paper discusses on the hypersurfaces in locally symmetric manifolds with constant scalar curvature and gets a pinching theorem which improves the known results.
  研究局部对称空间中具有常数量曲率的紧致超曲面，给出这类超曲面的一个拼挤定理，改进了相关作者的结论。
• Check the wiring harness for pinching or chafing damage.
  检查线束是否有挤压或擦破损坏。
• By pinching and scraping for the last two years I've saved enough money to visit my parents in Australia.
  这两年我省吃俭用攒足了钱，以便去看望我在澳大利亚的父母。
• He's been pinching money from the cashbox. Here is the money, keep the change.
  他一直在偷钱箱里的钱.这是钱，不用找零钱。
• On the second boy's violently pinching one of the same lady's fingers, she fondly observed," how playful William is!"
  当她的第二个孩子用力猛捏那位小姐的手指时，她天真地说：“威廉真顽皮！”
• He's been pinching money from the cashbox.
  他一直在偷钱箱里的钱。