pinching
钳制,掐架,掐指一算,蛲虫
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Definitions
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- : to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
- : to constrict or squeeze painfully, as a tight shoe does.
- : to cramp within narrow bounds or quarters: The crowd pinched him into a corner.
- : to render unnaturally constricted or drawn, as pain or distress does: Years of hardship had pinched her countenance beyond recognition.
- : to affect with sharp discomfort or distress, as cold, hunger, or need does.
- : to straiten in means or circumstances: The depression pinched them.
- : to stint in allowance of money, food, or the like: They were severely pinched by the drought.
- : to hamper or inconvenience by the lack of something specified: The builders were pinched by the shortage of good lumber.
- : to stint the supply or amount of.
- : to put a pinch or small quantity of into something.
- : to roll or slide with leverage from a pinch bar.
- : Slang. to steal.to arrest.
- : Digital Technology. to move two or more fingers toward or away from each other on in order to execute a command: Zoom in by pinching the screen.
- : Horticulture. to remove or shorten in order to produce a certain shape of the plant, improve the quality of the bloom or fruit, or increase the development of buds.
- : Nautical. to sail so close into the wind that the sails shake slightly and the speed is reduced.
- : Horse Racing, British. to press to the point of exhaustion.
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- : to exert a sharp or painful constricting force: This shoe pinches.
- : to cause sharp discomfort or distress: Their stomachs were pinched with hunger.
- : to economize unduly; stint oneself: They pinched and scraped for years to save money for a car.
- : Digital Technology. to move the fingers toward or away from each other on a touchscreen: Pinching in will zoom in, and pinching out will zoom out.
- : Mining. to diminish.to diminish to nothing.
- : Nautical. to trim a sail too flat when sailing to windward.
- 1
- : the act of pinching; nip; squeeze.
- : as much of anything as can be taken up between the finger and thumb: a pinch of salt.
- : a very small quantity of anything: a pinch of pungent wit.
- : sharp or painful stress, as of hunger, need, or any trying circumstances: the pinch of conscience; to feel the pinch of poverty.
- : a situation or time of special stress, especially an emergency: A friend is someone who will stand by you in a pinch.
- : pinch bar.
- : Slang. a raid or an arrest.
- : Slang. a theft.
- : Digital Technology. an act or instance of pinching a touchscreen.
Phrases
- pinch hitter
- pinch pennies
- feel the pinch
- in a pinch
- with a grain (pinch) of salt
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Turner rarely sits, and Castro, Kieboom and Harrison could all spell him in a pinch.
Ekstra Bladet, Denmark’s biggest news site with 500 million page views per month, reached this pinch point three weeks ago.
It doesn’t filter out sediment, but it’s a good choice when you’re in a pinch or in an area where water may not be the most sanitary.
In a medium pot, combine the celery root and a generous pinch of salt, and add enough water to cover.
The fact that so many of the small businesses that are hurting are women-owned, are minority-owned and are feeling the pinch first.
Pinch it with your fingers until it makes large crumbles and distribute it on the berries (it will not cover them entirely).
“Air refueling and airlift assets were the literal pinch I am describing here,” the official said.
“As much as I want to complain, I have to pinch myself that this is happening,” she said.
He packed a large pinch of the snuff against his bottom gum.
Picture a slightly younger Alice with a pinch more physical humor in an office.
Here are pretty goings on—a pinch of your snuff, Perker, my boy—never were such times, eh?
That first 'pinch' was its own priceless reward, far above present appreciation or future fame.
Both the twain were very bare and scant of the goods of this world, and even then were feeling bitterly the pinch of hunger.
He observed Tommy Bray take a pinch of salt, and then ask for a cup of tea, though he had a basin of bread-and-milk before him.
Furthermore, thar oughter be somebody detailed to shute the women folks when it comes to the last pinch.