pinch one's nose
collocation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。
掐；拧；捏
pinching — present participle of pinch
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掐；拧；捏
to squeeze a piece of someone's skin and flesh between your fingers so that it hurts
She pinched his arm playfully to get his attention.
她开玩笑地捏了捏他的手臂以引起他的注意。
捏住某人少量皮肤和肉,使其疼痛。
To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
用拇指和食指捏。
To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
在两个物体之间挤压。
To squeeze between two objects.
指衣物:在特定部位紧得让人不舒服。
Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
pinch
Base
原形
pinches
3rd person
第三人称单数
pinching
-ing
现在分词
pinched
Past
过去式
pinched
Past participle
过去分词
She pinches me when I'm not paying attention.
当我不注意时，她掐我。
He pinched his finger in the door.
他的手指被门夹了一下。
I have pinched myself to stay awake.
我掐了自己以保持清醒。
规则动词
He pinched his finger in the door and cried out in pain.
他的手指被门夹住了，痛得大叫起来。
Stop pinching me! That really hurts.
别再掐我了！真的很痛。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
在必要时；在紧要关头
You can use this tool in a pinch, but it's not ideal.
必要时你可以用这个工具，但不太理想。
精打细算；吝啬
They had to pinch pennies while living in the city.
住在城里时，他们不得不精打细算。
对某事将信将疑
You should take his advice with a pinch of salt.
你应该对他的建议将信将疑。
掐我一下，我一定是在做梦。
When the good news came, she pinched herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming.
好消息传来时，她掐了自己一下，以确定自己不是在做梦。
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记忆法：pinch以pin开头，想象别针(pin)夹肉，一疼就是‘掐/捏/夹’。
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。
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。
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