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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7728 COCA: 7741

pinch

Word family 
pinch1 /pɪntʃ/ ●○○ verb
1  [transitiveT]PRESS to press a part of someone’s skin very tightly between your finger and thumb, especially so that it hurts 捏，掐，夾
We have to stop her pinching her baby brother.
我們不能讓她再掐她小弟弟了。
He pinched her cheek.
他捏了一下她的臉頰。
► see thesaurus at hurt
2  STEAL[transitiveT] British EnglishBrE informal to steal something, especially something small or not very valuable 偷竊〔尤指小物品或不很值錢的東西〕
Someone’s pinched my coat!
有人偷了我的外套！
► see thesaurus at steal
3  [transitiveT] to press something between your finger and thumb 捏住；捏緊
Pinch the edges of the pastry together to seal it.
把餡餅的邊緣捏緊封口。
4  [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PRESS if something you are wearing pinches you, it presses painfully on part of your body, because it is too tight 〔穿的鞋等〕夾痛，擠痛
Her new shoes were pinching.
她的新鞋擠腳。
5  somebody has to pinch themselves used when a situation is so surprising that the person involved needs to make sure that they are not imagining it 某人得掐自己一下〔以證實某情況是真實的〕
Sometimes she had to pinch herself to make sure it was not all a dream.
有時候她得掐自己一下，以證明這一切不是在做夢。
6  [transitiveT] British EnglishBrE old-fashionedCATCH to arrest someone 逮捕，拘捕
n Grammar
Pinch is usually passive in this meaning.
7 pinch something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v to remove a small part of a plant with your fingers 掐掉，摘掉
Pinch out any side shoots to make the plant grow upwards.
把邊上的芽都掐掉，讓這株植物往上長。
Examples from the Corpus
pinch out• He pinched some out and cleaned it on a crumpled paper bag, not knowing what to say.
Examples from the Corpus
pinch• She pinched her own arm until it was black and blue.• It was one of the slimmest, and the envelopes in it were pinched in slightly by the pressure of the bands.• Dad! Katy just pinched me!• Stop pinching me!• These shoes pinch my toes.• These fellows for fun would pinch one and put it on another step, and do this going all down the road.• He pinched some out and cleaned it on a crumpled paper bag, not knowing what to say.• He pinched the last quarter inch of his cigarette tightly, and sucked on it so hard it squeaked.
pinch2 noun [countableC]
1  pinch of salt/pepper etc LITTLE/NOT VERYa small amount of salt, pepper etc that you can hold between your finger and thumb 一撮鹽/胡椒粉等
Add a pinch of salt to taste.
加一撮鹽來調味。
Examples from the Corpus
pinch of salt/pepper etc• Water during a fast nauseated him and he accordingly would add a pinch of salt or bicarbonate of soda.• Add remaining coconut milk and a pinch of salt and simmer until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.• Luckily a pinch of salt got rid of them, leaving behind a blood-stained sock.• I take all that fame with a pinch of salt.• Course Moira always has had a vivid imagination, you have to take what she says with a pinch of salt.• While the first statement is no doubt true, the second must be taken with a pinch of salt.• A pinch of salt in each bowl stops the mosquitoes breeding in the water.
2  PRESSwhen you press someone’s skin between your finger and thumb 捏，掐，夾
She gave him a playful pinch.
她開玩笑地捏了他一把。
3  at a pinch British EnglishBrE, in a pinch American EnglishNEED used to say that you could do something if necessary in a difficult or urgent situation 必要時；在緊要關頭
There’s space for three people. Four at a pinch.
有三個人的空間，必要時可以擠四個人。
If you’re in a pinch, I’m sure they’d look after Jenny for a while.
如果你有急事，我確信他們會照顧珍妮一段時間。
Examples from the Corpus
at a pinch• But this novel has not just one but two barmen who could also at a pinch be hailed as lords of language.• Her appointments for the following week could, at a pinch, be postponed.• You could, at a pinch, also serve either with the Pizzettas.• Interior is snug but seats four at a pinch.• Or at a pinch he might be able to squeeze himself into the desk drawer and hide.• There is a large bench seat in the rear which will accommodate two adults or three smaller people at a pinch.• Our flat was a little box that would have probably accommodated Michael's sports shoes at a pinch.• Ponyets could have handled them at a pinch.
4  take something with a pinch of salt BELIEVEused to say that you should not always completely believe what a particular person says 對某事半信半疑，對某事不完全相信
You have to take what he says with a pinch of salt.
他的話你可不能全信。
Examples from the Corpus
take something with a pinch of salt• But since he never even notices that Howard is himself Howard takes this with a pinch of salt.• It's best to take what he says with a pinch of salt - he's always exaggerating.• You have to take most things Dave says with a pinch of salt.
5  feel the pinch POORto have financial difficulties, especially because you are not making as much money as you used to make 〔尤指因賺錢不如以前多而〕感到拮據
Local stores and businesses are beginning to feel the pinch.
當地的商店和公司開始感到手頭有點緊。
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feel the pinch• Small businesses dependent on the government also are feeling the pinch.• Membership of the club has dwindled from 70 to 20 and its clear commuters are feeling the pinch.• Schools in the poorest areas, already short of resources, are certainly feeling the pinch.• He felt the pinch of depravity.• Local stores and businesses are beginning to feel the pinch from the economic crisis.• Meanwhile, with its future hanging in the balance, Fokker is starting to feel the pinch.• Chichester was not the only Sussex town to feel the pinch of economic decay.• In addition, parish priests were feeling the pinch through reduced income from alms and tithes.
Examples from the Corpus
pinch• Grandma gave us both a pinch on the cheek.• Among insurance companies, he could win any case in a pinch.• Not quirky little ritual habit-forming, like throwing a pinch of spilled salt over your shoulder, but slow suicide habit-forming.• I take all that fame with a pinch of salt.• Mark on veins and pinch base together to shape.• Duquette, pinch hitting for manager Kevin Kennedy, voiced his views at a BoSox Club luncheon.• Hunt evening coat, waistcoat fitting him with the same exact pinch as waistcoats had when he was twenty.• At significant times in the day we have got real pinch points on corridors, particularly motorways.• Small businesses dependent on the government also are feeling the pinch.
Origin pinch1
(1200-1300) From an unrecorded Old North French pinchier
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7728 COCA: 7741
pinch

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤gently, lightly輕揑▸➤playfully揑着玩兒➤together揑在一起◇Apply pressure to the nose by pinching the nostrils firmly together.緊揑鼻孔，使鼻子受壓。PREPOSITION➤between揑在⋯之間◇He pinched the leaf between his thumb and forefinger.他用拇指和食指揑住了葉子。➤on揑⋯◇He pinched me sharply on the arm.他用力掐我的胳膊。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7728 COCA: 7741
pinch noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7728 COCA: 7741

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