英语释义

1. to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument

2. to prune the tip of (a plant or shoot) usually to induce branching

3. to squeeze or compress painfully

4. to cause physical or mental pain to

5. to cause to appear thin, haggard, or shrunken

6. to cause to shrivel or wither

7. to subject to strict economy or want straiten

8. to restrain or limit narrowly constrict

9. steal

10. arrest

11. to sail too close to the wind

12. compress, squeeze

13. to be miserly or closefisted

14. to press painfully

15. narrow, taper
the road pinched down to a trail
— Cecelia Holland

16. to practice strict economy

17. a critical juncture emergency

18. pressure, stress

19. hardship, privation

20. deficit

21. an act of pinching squeeze

22. as much as may be taken between the finger and thumb
a pinch of snuff

23. a very small amount

24. a marked thinning of a vein or bed

25. theft

26. a police raid also arrest

27. substitute
pinch runner

28. hit by a pinch hitter
a pinch homer

29. to squeeze (someone's skin) between your thumb and finger often in a painful way

30. to squeeze or press (something) together with your thumb and finger

31. to remove (part of a plant) by squeezing with your thumb and finger

32. the act of pinching someone or something

33. the amount of something that can be held between your finger and thumb

34. used as a substitute for another player

35. made by a pinch hitter

36. to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument
My aunt pinched my cheeks.

37. to squeeze painfully
I pinched my finger in a door.

38. to break off by squeezing with the thumb and fingers
Pinch off a bit of dough.

39. to cause to look thin or shrunken
… I saw Dad run toward me with his face all pinched with anger.
— Jack Gantos, Joey Pigza Loses Control

40. to be thrifty or stingy

41. a time of emergency
He always helps out in a pinch.

42. an act of squeezing skin between the thumb and fingers

43. as much as may be picked up between the finger and the thumb a very small amount
a pinch of salt

44. to squeeze or compress (a part of the body) usually in a painful or discomforting way
a pinched nerve caused by entrapment

片语

scrimp精打细算；吝啬

英汉例句

• we must pinch pennies to make ends meet.

  我们一定要精打细算，以求收支平衡。

• we「ll have to spend money when necessary. don」t try to pinch pennies all the time.

  该花钱时我们还是得花。别总是精打细算。

• we need to pinch pennies these days.

  我们现在需要省吃俭用了。

• i know my overall trip budget (and what that works out to per day), so my daily tracking lets me know when i need to pinch pennies and when i can cut loose a little.

  我知道我的整体预算之旅（钱花到什么上），所以我每天跟蹤让我知道需要并精打细算，而且还可以节约一些钱。

• we learned how to pinch pennies when we were strapped for cash.

  当我们现金紧张的时候，我们学会了精打细算。

相似词

economize节约，节省；有效地利用