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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pinch \Pinch\, v. t.
   To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to
   arrest. [Slang] --Robert Barr.

Pinch \Pinch\, v. i.
   1. To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as,
      the shoe pinches.

   2. (Hunt.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. [Obs.]

   3. To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. --Gower.

            The wretch whom avarice bids to pinch and spare.
                                                  --Franklin.

   {To pinch at}, to find fault with; to take exception to.
      [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Pinch \Pinch\, n.
   1. A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or
      with an instrument; a nip.

   2. As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any
      very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.

   3. Pian; pang. ``Necessary's sharp pinch.'' --Shak.

   4. A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a
      fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called
      also {pinch bar}.

   {At a pinch}, {On a pinch}, in an emergency; as, he could on
      a pinch read a little Latin.

Pinch \Pinch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Pinching}.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch;
   akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin.
   Cf. {Piece}.]
   1. To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers,
      between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an
      instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two
      hard bodies.

   2. o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. [Obs.]

            He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down.
                                                  --Chapman.

   3. To plait. [Obs.]

            Full seemly her wimple ipinched was.  --Chaucer.

   4. Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to
      starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.

            Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation. --Sir W.
                                                  Raleigh.

   5. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a
      pinch. See {Pinch}, n., 4.

資料來源 : WordNet®

pinch
     n 1: a painful or straitened circumstance; "the pinch of the
          recession"
     2: an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
     3: a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a
        touch of garlic" [syn: {touch}, {hint}, {tinge}, {mite}, {jot},
         {speck}, {soupcon}]
     4: a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that
        requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an
        emergency" [syn: {emergency}, {exigency}]
     5: small sharp biting [syn: {nip}]
     6: a squeeze with the fingers [syn: {tweak}]
     7: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a
        criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the
        collar" [syn: {apprehension}, {arrest}, {catch}, {collar},
         {taking into custody}]
     v 1: squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her
          behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [syn: {squeeze}, {twinge},
           {tweet}, {nip}, {twitch}]
     2: make ridges into by pinching together [syn: {crimp}]
     3: make off with belongings of others [syn: {pilfer}, {cabbage},
         {purloin}, {abstract}, {snarf}, {swipe}, {hook}, {sneak},
         {filch}, {nobble}, {lift}]
     4: cut the top off; "top trees and bushes" [syn: {top}]
     5: irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces
        can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points
        pinch your back" [syn: {vellicate}]