pinch

英 [p?n(t)?] 美[p?nt?]

CET4TEM8IELTSGRE考研TOEFLCET6中低頻詞常用詞匯

第三人稱單數:?pinches;過去式:?pinched;過去分詞:?pinched;現在分詞:?pinching;

【記法】分解為：p（胖）＋inch（英寸），胖了一英寸?
【聯想】我的臉被媽媽給擰腫了，胖了一英寸
eg：Bobby is so cute that girls always want to pinch his cheeks.
2. 音“貧氣”-----一撮，一點兒，少量。

pinch 掐，擰，捏

來自盎格魯諾曼法語*pinchier,掐，擰，來自俗拉丁語*piccare,刺，穿插，詞源同peck,pick,pike.

pinch (v.): early 13c., from Old North French *pinchier "to pinch, squeeze, nip; steal" (Old French pincier, Modern French pincer), of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *punctiare "to pierce," which might be a blend of Latin punctum "point" + *piccare "to pierce." Meaning "to steal" in English is from 1650s. Sense of "to be stingy" is recorded from early 14c. Related: Pinched; pinching.
pinch (n.): late 15c., "critical juncture" (as in baseball pinch hitter, attested from 1912), from pinch (v.). This figurative sense is attested earlier than the literal sense of "act of pinching" (1590s) or that of "small quantity" (as much as can be pinched between a thumb and finger), which is from 1580s. There is a use of the noun from mid-15c. apparently meaning "fold or pleat of fabric."

2. Pinch-hitter Francisco Cabrera lashed a single to left field.: 替補隊員弗朗西斯科·卡布雷拉向左外場猛地擊出一個一壘打。

3. Consumers are spending less and traders are feeling the pinch.: 消費者支出在減少，商人感覺手頭拮據。