pinch

詳細解釋：

pinch

v.（動詞）
pinched,pinch.ing,pinch.es
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges.
捏，掐：在大拇指和一根手指、工具的夾片或其它刀口間相互擠壓
To squeeze or bind (a part of the body) in such a way as to cause discomfort or pain:
擠痛，夾痛：用某種方式擠或夾（身體某部分）以至造成不適和疼痛：
例句：
These shoes pinch my toes.
這雙鞋擠腳

To nip, wither, or shrivel:
使（植物）枯萎，凋謝：捏，枯萎，萎縮：
例句：
buds that were pinched by the frost; a face that was pinched with grief.
被寒霜侵襲而枯萎的花蕾；因痛苦而扭曲的臉

To straiten:
使緊缺，節制：
例句：
.A year and a half of the blockade has pinched Germany.(William L. Shirer)
.一年半的封鎖使德國經濟萎縮.(威廉L.夏勒)

Slang To take (money or property) unlawfully; steal.See Synonyms at steal
【俚語】 擅自拿取，搶取…東西：非法取得（金錢或財物）；偷取參見 steal
Slang To take into custody; arrest.
【俚語】 拘留；逮捕
To move (something) by means of a pinch bar.
用撬桿移動（某物）
Nautical To head (a boat) very close into the wind.
【航海】 搶風駛船：使（船）迎著風
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To press, squeeze, or bind painfully:
擠痛，壓痛：疼痛地壓、擠、扎：
例句：
This collar pinches.
領子緊得勒脖子

To be miserly.
吝惜，節約
Nautical To drag an oar at the end of a stroke.
【航海】 拖槳：在一次劃漿的最後拖槳
n.（名詞）
The act or an instance of pinching.
捏，擰：捏、擰等動作或事實
An amount that can be held between thumb and forefinger:
一撮，少量：
例句：
a pinch of rosemary.
一把迷迭香

A painful, difficult, or straitened circumstance:
困難，緊迫情況：痛苦、困難或緊迫的處境：
例句：
felt the pinch of the recession.
感到蕭條時期的困難

An emergency situation:
緊急情況：
例句：
This coat will do in a pinch.
衣服要緊急趕製

A narrowing of a mineral deposit, as in a mine.
減少：礦物沉積物的減少，如在煤礦中
Informal A theft.
【非正式用語】 偷竊
Slang An arrest by a law enforcement officer.
【俚語】 逮捕：被執法人員捕獲
adj.Baseball （形容詞）【棒球】
Relating to pinch-hitting or pinch runners:
替補擊球的：關於替補擊球或替補擊球員的：
例句：
a pinch single; a pinch steal of second base.
替捕的一壘安打；第二壘替補偷擊

<習慣用語>pinch pennies【非正式用語】
To be thrifty or miserly.
吝嗇的：過於節儉或吝嗇的
來源：
Middle English pinchen
中古英文 pinchen
from Old North French *pinchier
源自 古法國北方方言 *pinchier
variant of Old French pincier
古法文 pincier的變體
perhaps from Vulgar Latin *poncti3re
可能源自 俗拉丁語 *poncti3re