pinched
被夹住,被夹住的,被夹住了,掐死
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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.
Phrases
- pinch hitter
- pinch pennies
- feel the pinch
- in a pinch
- with a grain (pinch) of salt
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Before the move to Fresno, players could drive from Syracuse to Washington in a pinch.
The Washingtons regularly rotated people back to Virginia or, in a pinch, over the border to New Jersey — a slave state — to reset their time in the capital before six months were up.
Drizzle with olive oil and a pinch of salt, and roast for 30 minutes or until golden and soft.
Each vendor’s particular snail broth recipe is strictly guarded, with a pinch of this or that to set each seller apart.
If you prefer spicy kick, add a pinch more cayenne or mince a seeded jalapeño and stir it into the mixture before baking.
Her novels typically evoke this pinched sense of an era—raw individuals in raw times.
At one Broadway premiere I was sent to cover, I interviewed Elaine Stritch, who called me adorable and then pinched my butt.
Drake sold all 187 head of cattle two years ago, pinched by regulated milk prices and the rising costs of independent farming.
Then, he confessed he feared his incontinence, caused by an untreated pinched nerve in his back, would keep him from finding love.
In an era in which discretionary spending is pinched, most retailers would kill to have this kind of growth.
The waist, now less pinched in at the middle, looked longer without being really so.
As the tube is removed, it should be pinched between the fingers so as to save any fluid that may be in it.