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pinch verb | noun
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pinch / pIntF ; pIntF /verb
1. Tto press a part of someone's skin very tightly between your finger and thumb, especially so that it hurts捏，掐，夹:
•We have to stop her pinching her baby brother.我们必须制止她掐她还是婴儿的弟弟。
•He pinched her cheek.他捏了一下她的脸颊。
2. TBrE informalto steal something, especially something small or not very valuable偷窃〔尤指小的物品或不很值钱的东西〕:
•Someone's pinched my coat!有人偷了我的外套！
3. Tto press something between your finger and thumb住; 紧:
•Pinch the edges of the pastry together to seal it.把馅饼的边缘捏紧封口。
4. I,Tif something you are wearing pinches you, it presses painfully on part of your body, because it is too tight〔穿的鞋等〕夹痛，挤痛:
•Her new shoes were pinching.她的新鞋挤脚。
5. sb 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〔以证实某情况是真实的〕:
•Sometimes she had to pinch herself to make sure it was not all a dream.有时候她得掐自己一下确定自己根本不是在做梦。
6. T usually passiveBrE old-fashionedto ARREST someone逮捕，拘捕
 PHRASAL VERBS 
pinch sth ↔ out
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.把边上的新芽都掐掉，让这株植物往上长。
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pinchnoun C
1. pinch of salt / pepper etc a small amount of salt, pepper etc that you can hold between your finger and thumb一撮盐/胡椒粉等:
•Add a pinch of salt to taste.加一撮盐来调味。
2. when you press someone's skin between your finger and thumb捏，掐，夹:
•She gave him a playful pinch.她开玩笑地捏了他一把。
3. at a pinch BrE, in a pinch AmE
used to say that you could do something if necessary in a difficult or urgent situation必要时; 在紧要关头:
•There's space for three people. Four at a pinch.有三个人的空间，必要时可以挤四个人。
•If you're in a pinch, I'm sure they'd look after Jenny for a while.如果你有急事，他们肯定会暂时照顾珍妮一段时间。
4. take sth with a pinch of salt used to say that you should not always completely believe what a particular person says对某事半信半疑，对某事不完全相信:
•You have to take what he says with a pinch of salt.他的话你可不能全信。
5. feel the pinch to have financial difficulties, especially because you are not making as much money as you used to make〔尤指因赚钱不如以前多而〕感到拮据:
•Local stores and businesses are beginning to feel the pinch.当地的商店和公司开始感到手头有点紧。

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