with grain of salt 的 3 个定义
- 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.
- (16)
- 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.
- (6)
- 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.
- (9)
with grain of salt 近义词
等同于 provisory
等同于 conditional
with grain of salt 的近义词 26 个
- limited
- provisional
- restrictive
- tentative
- codicillary
- contingent
- depending on
- fortuitous
- granted on certain terms
- guarded
- iffy
- incidental
- inconclusive
- modified
- not absolute
- obscure
- provisory
- qualified
- relative
- reliant
- relying on
- restricted
- subject to
- uncertain
- with reservations
- with strings attached
with grain of salt 的反义词 7 个
等同于 questioningly
with grain of salt 的近义词 6 个
由with grain of salt构成的短语
- pinch hitter
- pinch pennies
- feel the pinch
- in a pinch
- with a grain (pinch) of salt
更多with grain of salt例句
- 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.