pinch

用拇指和手指with thumb and finger

1.[t]~ sb/sth/yourself拧；捏；掐to take a piece of sb's skin between your thumb and first finger and squeeze hard, especially to hurt the person

2.[t]~ sth (+ adv./prep.)捏住；夹紧to hold sth tightly between the thumb and finger or between two things that are pressed together

鞋of a shoe

3.[i][t]~ (sb/sth)夹（脚）；夹痛if sth such as a shoepinches part of your body, it hurts you because it is too tight

偷窃steal

4.[t](informal)~ sth (from sb/sth)偷摸；行窃to steal sth, especially sth small and not very valuable

昂贵cost too much

5.[t]~ sb/sth使花费过多；使入不敷出to cost a person or an organization a lot of money or more than they can spend

拘捕arrest

6.[t](informal)~ sb逮捕to arrest sb

pinch pennies

一毛不拔；吝啬to try to spend as little money as possible

用拇指和手指with thumb and finger

1.捏；掐；拧an act of squeezing a part of sb's skin tightly between your thumb and finger, especially in order to hurt them

少量small amount

2.一撮the amount of sth that you can hold between your finger and thumb

at a pinch

必要时；不得已时used to say that sth could be done or used in a particular situation if it is really necessary

take sth with a pinch of salt

不完全相信；半信半疑to be careful about believing that sth is completely true

1.捏,掐,撮,挟;(鞋子等)夹(脚);掐掉(嫩枝等);修剪 (out, off, back)

2.勒索,夺取 (from; out of);〈俚〉逮捕,抓住;〈俚〉偷

3.折磨,使苦恼;使消瘦;使萎缩;使缩作一团

4.〈方〉削减,压缩;限制;使缺乏 (for; in; of)

5.催(马)快跑;【航】使(帆船)抢风急驶

6.加入一撮(粉等)

7.用杠杆撬动(重物)

8.(向里)挤压,收缩 (in);(鞋等)紧,窄

9.俭省,吝啬

10.(渴得,饿得,苦得)要命

11.【地】(矿脉等)狭缩,变薄

1.捏,掐,撮,挟【物理学】箍缩,收缩

2.紧迫;困难,困苦;剧痛

3.危机,危急

4.一撮,微量

5.〈美〉矿脉的狭窄点

6.〈俚〉容易事

7.撬杆

8.〈俚〉盗窃;〈俚〉逮捕,捕捉

1.to squeeze someone’s skin between your thumb and finger so that it hurts them

2.if shoes or clothes pinch, they hurt you because they fit too tightly

3.to steal something

1.a small amount of something that you can hold between your finger and thumb, for example salt

2.the action of squeezing someone’s skin between your thumb and finger so that it hurts them