单词 | pinch |
释义 | pinchpinchespinchpinch2 noun1a pinch of salt/pepper etc a small amount of salt, pepper etc that you can hold between your finger and thumb: It needs a pinch of pepper.need你需要放点胡椒粉。2[countable] when you press someone’s skin between your finger and thumb: She gave him a playful pinch.give她开玩笑地拧了他一把。Phrasesat a pinch British English, in a pinch American English used to say that you could probably do something difficult if it was really necessary or urgent: I could get $300, maybe $400 in a pinch.can我能弄到 300 美元﹐必要时可能弄到 400 美元。feel the pinch to have financial difficulties because you do not have enough money: Small businesses are feeling the pinch.businessbefeel小企业感到手头有点紧。take something with a pinch of salt to not completely believe what someone says to you: You have to take what politicians promise with a pinch of salt.politician不可尽信政治人物的承诺。 |
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