pinch

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【释义】：

vt．❶ 捏，夹，搯，挤：pinch off(or out)the side shoots把旁边的新芽搯掉．The shoes pinch his toes．他的鞋挤脚．❷ 使苦恼，折磨：be pinched with cold遭受寒冷．❸ 节俭，限制，使缺乏(钱)：be pinched for food没有东西吃．❹ 【口语】偷：The thief pinched the parcel and got caught．小偷偷窃包裹而被抓了．❺ 勒索，夺取：pinch money from(or out of)sb．向某人勒索金钱．❻ 【口语】抓住，逮捕．

－vi．❶ (鞋等)紧，窄：These shoes pinch．这双鞋挤脚．That’s where the shoe pinch es．这就是困难所在．❷ 俭省，吝啬：pinch and scrape格外俭省．

－n．❶ 捏，搯，夹，挤．❷ 一捏，一撮：a pinch of salt一把盐．❸ 【喻】压迫，困苦：feel the pinch of poverty感到贫穷的痛苦．❹ 紧要关头：at a pinch(=if it comes to the pinch)在必要时，在关键时刻：I will give my life for the cause of communism if(or when)it comes to the pinch．必要时，我愿为共产主义事业而献身．We shall take the patient to the hospital at a pinch．必要时我们将把病人送进医院．