Pinch

[pɪn(t)ʃ] or [pɪntʃ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a squeeze with the fingers.

(noun.) an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed.

(noun.) a painful or straitened circumstance; 'the pinch of the recession'.

(verb.) irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; 'smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth'; 'the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back'.

(verb.) squeeze tightly between the fingers; 'He pinched her behind'; 'She squeezed the bottle'.

手打:利蒂希娅--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies.

(v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.

(v. t.) To plait.

(v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.

(v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.

(v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.

(v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.

(v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

(n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.

(n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.

(n.) Pian; pang.

(n.) A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.

伯娜丁整理

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Nip, squeeze, compress, gripe.[2]. Oppress, straiten, distress.

v. n. Bear hard.

n. [1]. Nip, gripe.[2]. Emergency, exigency, crisis, strait, difficulty, push.

編輯:迈尔斯

同義詞及反義詞：

[See EMERGENCY]

杰德手打

解釋/意思:

v.t. to grip hard: to squeeze between two hard or firm substances: to squeeze the flesh so as to give pain: to nip: to distress: to gripe.—v.i. to act with force: to bear or press hard: to live sparingly.—n. a close compression with the fingers: what can be taken up between the finger and thumb: an iron bar used as a lever for lifting weights rolling wheels &c.: a gripe: distress: oppression.—n. Pinch′commons a niggard a miser.—adj. Pinched having the appearance of being tightly squeezed: hard pressed by want or cold: narrowed in size.—ns. Pinch′er one who or that which pinches; Pinch′ers Pin′cers an instrument for gripping anything firmly esp. for drawing out nails &c.; Pinch′fist Pinch′gut Pinch′penny a niggard.—adv. Pinch′ingly in a pinching manner.—At a pinch in a case of necessity; Know where the shoe pinches to know where the cause of trouble or difficulty is.

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