Pinch

(noun.) a squeeze with the fingers.

(noun.) an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed.

(noun.) a painful or straitened circumstance; 'the pinch of the recession'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) squeeze tightly between the fingers; 'He pinched her behind'; 'She squeezed the bottle'.

手打:利蒂希娅

• And he took another gentle little pinch of snuff, and lightly crossed his legs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The little man took another pinch of snuff as he made this communication, and nodded mysteriously to Mr. Pickwick. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• No, no,' replied Mr. John Smauker, pulling forth the fox's head, and taking a gentlemanly pinch. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• You haven't got a pinch of snuff about you, have you? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Or, a small pinch of the acid in powder is placed in every bottle before filling. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Did I pinch your legs, Pa? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I couldn't help it, my dear Sir,' replied Perker, with a smile and a pinch of snuff; 'you know how obstinate he is? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• In the meantime, the bowels must be severely pinched into obedience. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• And the little pinched nose of his; so thin was it that it looked half starved. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• She pinched her husband's arm as they entered the oak parlour, where Sir Pitt and his wife were ready to receive them. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• You pinched off one mountain and they pinched off another but when something really started every one had to get down off the mountains. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• She forced a pitiful smile that pinched her face instead of smoothing it. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I wadn't heed if t' bairns and t' wife had enough to live on; but they're pinched--they're pined---- Well, my lad, and so are you; I see you are. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Don't be long,' said the spinster affectionately, as Mr. Jingle stuck the pinched-up hat on his head. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The brooding Lammle, with certain white dints coming and going in his palpitating nose, looked as if some tormenting imp were pinching it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• A long shot, Watson; a very long shot, said he, pinching my arm. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He asks Lydgate all sorts of questions and then screws up his face while he hears the answers, as if they were pinching his toes. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I see men here going about in the streets who look ground down by some pinching sorrow or care--who are not only sufferers but haters. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• And soon afterwards, on the second boy's violently pinching one of the same lady's fingers, she fondly observed, How playful William is! 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• I repeated, pinching her cheek. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I see something of that in Mr. Tyke at the Hospital: a good deal of his doctrine is a sort of pinching hard to make people uncomfortably aware of him. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• That's when the bone pinches something else. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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