参考词典中pinches的常规释义:
基本释义
- [ pinch ]的第三人称单数;[ pinched ]的第三人称单数;[ pinching ]的第三人称单数
参考例句
- They can put up at least 6 people for the night at a pinch.
必要时他们至少可以留宿六个人。 - Her face was pinched with anxiety for her lost child.
她因担忧迷路的小孩而满面愁容。 - We can put up ten people for the night at a pinch.
必要时我们可以留宿十个人。 - The gardener is pinching off the young shoots.
花匠正在掐掉嫩枝。 - Paying all our debts pinched us for a while.
偿还我们所有的债务使我们经济一度困难。
- They can put up at least 6 people for the night at a pinch.