及物动词
不及物动词
名词
1. 捏；拧；掐；夹
If you pinch a part of someone's body, you take a piece of their skin between your thumb and first finger and give it a short squeeze.
2. （一）撮；少量
A pinch of an ingredient such as salt is the amount of it that you can hold between your thumb and your first finger.
3. 偷取，偷盗（尤指不贵重的物品）
To pinch something, especially something of little value, means to steal it.
4. 必要时；在紧要关头
If you say that something is possible at a pinch, or in American English if you say that something is possible in a pinch, you mean that it would be possible if it was necessary, but it might not be very comfortable or convenient.
5. 感到手头拮据；感到囊中羞涩
If a person or company is feeling the pinch, they do not have as much money as they used to, and so they cannot buy the things they would like to buy.
6. 身处困境；处境艰难
If you are in a pinch, you are in a difficult situation.
1. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
e.g. the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar
Synonym: apprehensionarrestcatchcollartaking into custody
2. a squeeze with the fingers
Synonym: tweak
3. a small sharp bite or snip
Synonym: nip
4. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
e.g. he never knew what to do in an emergency
5. a slight but appreciable amount
e.g. this dish could use a touch of garlic
Synonym: touchhinttingemitejotspecksoupcon
6. an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
7. a painful or straitened circumstance
e.g. the pinch of the recession