pinch是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to press something, especially someone's skin, strongly between two hard things such as a finger and a thumb, usually causing pain -- 捏，擰，掐，夾

  • Ouch! Stop pinching (me)! 哎喲，別掐我！

  • These shoes are too tight, they pinch (my feet). 這雙鞋太緊了，夾我的腳。

  • I can't believe that he's back from Canada and he's mine - I keep having to pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming. 我不敢相信他從加拿大回來了，而且他屬於我——我不停地掐自己以確定我不是在做夢。

• 1 to steal something -- 偷竊

  • Right, who's pinched my chair? 好嘛，誰把我的椅子偷走了？

• 2 a small amount of something, such as a powder, especially the amount that a person can hold between their first finger and thumb -- （一）撮；少量

  • While the tomatoes are cooking add a pinch of salt/sugar/dried thyme. 煮番茄時加一小撮鹽／糖／乾百里香。

  • figurative Opinion polls on subjects like this should be taken with a pinch of scepticism. 對這種議題的民意調查應持半信半疑的態度。

• 3 the act of pinching something or someone -- 捏，擰，掐，夾

  • She gave Emma a painful pinch on the arm. 她在艾瑪的手臂上狠狠地掐了一下。