Word · Frequency #7728
pinch
掐；拧；捏
to squeeze a piece of someone's skin and flesh between your fingers so that it hurts
- 1.
To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
捏住某人少量皮肤和肉,使其疼痛。
- 2.
To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
用拇指和食指捏。
- 3.
To squeeze between two objects.
在两个物体之间挤压。
- 4.
Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
指衣物:在特定部位紧得让人不舒服。
- 5.
To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
修剪植物的枝或芽,以整形或提高产量。
- 6.
To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
帆船抢风行驶,使帆开始飘动。
- 7.
To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
抓住；咬住,如狗那样。
- 8.
To seize; to grip; to bite.
抓住；紧握；咬。
- 9.
To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
使痉挛；使窘迫；压迫；使挨饿。
- 10.
To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
用撬杠撬动火车车轮移动
捏；掐；夹住；卡住；夹脚；挤脚；太紧；摘心；打顶；修剪；贴风航行；使帆抖动
In use
She pinched his arm playfully to get his attention.
He pinched his finger in the door and cried out in pain.
Stop pinching me! That really hurts.
Verb forms
base pinch · third person pinches · -ing pinching · past pinched · past participle pinched
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- pinch one's nose
- 捏住鼻子
- She pinched her nose when she passed the garbage truck.她经过垃圾车时捏住了鼻子。
- pinch off
- 掐掉；摘除
- Pinch off the dead flowers so the plant will bloom again.掐掉凋谢的花，植物就会重新开花。
- pinch oneself
- 掐自己一下
- I had to pinch myself to make sure the news was real.我不得不掐自己一下，确认这消息是真的。
- pinch one's cheek
- 捏某人的脸颊
- My aunt always pinches my cheek when she visits.我阿姨每次来都会捏我的脸颊。
- pinch between
- 夹在……之间
- He accidentally pinched his hand between the crates.他不小心把手夹在板条箱之间。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆法：pinch以pin开头，想象别针(pin)夹肉，一疼就是‘掐/捏/夹’。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、一般书面描述、烹饪或手工操作 ‘pinch’作动词表示“掐、捏、夹”时，通常用于日常口语和一般书面描述，多指用手指或两物之间挤压；在衣物过紧、修剪植物等引申义中也较常见，但日常交流中用本义最自然。
Pronunciation & Spelling
和 pinch 押韵（/ɪntʃ/）的有：inch, clinch, flinch, winch, cinch。注意：punch, lunch, bunch 拼写相似但发音为 /ʌntʃ/，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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