vt.

1. 捏，擰；夾痛，軋痛
   The new shoes pinch me at the toe.

   新鞋太緊軋痛我的腳趾。

2. 掐掉（嫩枝等）；修剪[（+out/off/back）]
   He decided to pinch back the buds on the plant.

   他決定將植物上的芽掐掉。

3. 使疼痛；使苦惱；使消瘦[H][（+with）]
   The cold pinched his face.

   他的臉凍得發痛。

   Her face was pinched by hunger.

   她的臉因飢餓而消瘦了。

4. 使感拮据，使感缺乏[H][（+for）]
   I'm pinched for money.

   我手頭拮据。

5. 勒索，詐取[（+from/out of）]
   He tried to pinch money out of me.

   他試圖勒索我的錢。

6. 【俚】偷取；擅自拿取
   His cousin caught him pinching apples.

   他偷吃蘋果時被他表兄抓住。

7. 【俚】逮捕；拘留[H][（+for）]
   He was pinched for pushing drugs.

   他因販賣毒品被捕。

vi.

1. 夾痛；擠痛
   Where does that shoe pinch?

   那隻鞋什麼地方太緊？

2. （向裡）擠壓，收縮[（+in）]
3. 節省；吝惜[（+on）]
   I had to pinch on food to buy that book.

   為了買那本書，我不得不在吃的方面省儉。

4. 【美】（礦脈等）狹縮，變薄[（+out）]
   The road pinched down to a trail.

   大路漸漸變窄，成了羊腸小道。

n.

1. 捏，擰；夾[C]
   He gave her a pinch on the face.

   他在她臉上擰了一下。

2. 夾痛，擠痛[the S]
   He suffered from the pinch of his tight shoes.

   他受鞋緊擠痛之苦。

3. （一）撮，少量[S][（+of）]
   Put a pinch of sugar in the soup.

   在湯裡加一小撮糖。

4. 緊缺，匱乏[the S]
   We felt the pinch after Father lost his job.

   父親失業之後，我們感到手頭拮据了。

5. 緊要時刻，緊急情況[the S]
   I will help you in a pinch.

   有緊急情況我會幫助你。

6. 【俚】逮捕；拘留
   The police found the dope when they made the pinch.

   警察搜捕時發現了毒品。

7. 【俚】偷竊

v.

1. grip (the flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb.
   ▸(of a shoe) hurt (a foot) by being too tight.
   ▸ [often as adj. pinched] tighten (the lips or a part of the face), especially with worry or tension.
2. live in a frugal way.
3. informal steal.
   ▸Brit. arrest (someone).
4. remove (buds or leaves) to encourage bushy growth.
5. Sailing  sail (a boat) so close to the wind that the sails begin to lose power.

n.

1. an act of pinching.
   ▸an amount of an ingredient that can be held between fingers and thumb.
2. Baseball  a critical point in the game.

[名]

1. 困境；危機。
   핀치에 몰리다.

   陷入困境。