Смысл: pinches 
pinch 1. [pıntʃ] n
<Í> 1. 1) щипок
to give smb. a pinch - ущипнуть кого-л.
a pinch of pungent wit - колкая реплика; остроумное /язвительное/ замечание
2) сжатие; теснота
he could not stand the pinch of his tight shoes any longer - тесные ботинки так жали ему, что он больше не мог терпеть
2. щепотка
pinch of salt - щепотка соли
pinch of snuff - понюшка табаку
to take a pinch of snuff - взять понюшку табаку
I wouldn't give a pinch of snuff for it - ≅ я не дал бы за это и гроша ломаного
3. 1) крайняя нужда; тяготы
pinch of poverty /of want/ - тиски нужды
pinch of hunger - муки голода
to feel the pinch - разг.
2) чрезвычайные обстоятельства
narrow /close/ pinch - опасность, которую едва удалось избежать
it was a close pinch - мы едва спаслись
at a pinch - в крайнем случае, в трудную минуту
if it comes to the pinch - если придётся туго
4.редк.
the very pinch of the argument - сущность довода /аргумента/
5.сл.
1) арест
to make a pinch - арестовать
2) (полицейская) облава
6.сл.
1) кража
2) обман
7. 1)разг.
the race will be a pinch - победить в гонке будет легко
2)спорт. жарг.
this horse is good, a pinch, go nap on it - это хорошая лошадь, не подведёт, ставьте на неё
8. = pinch-bar
9. 1)спец.
2)редк.
10.геол.
11.физ.
1) плазменный шнур
2) пинч(-эффект) (сжатие плазменного шнура )
♢ to take smth. with a pinch of salt - относиться к чему-л. скептически, с недоверием
2.[pıntʃ] v
<Í> 1. 1) ущипнуть; прищемить; ущемить; защемить
to pinch smb.'s nose - схватить кого-л. за нос
I've pinched my finger in the door - я прищемил палец дверью
he pinched her cheek - он ущипнул её за щёку
2) сдавливать, сжимать, жать; зажимать
he was pinched between the train and the platform - он был зажат между поездом и платформой
my shoes pinch - туфли мне жмут
he pinched his nose to avoid a bad smell - запах был такой сильный /неприятный/, что ему пришлось зажать нос
2. братьили прибавлять по щепотке, понемногу
he pinched the snuffbox empty by degrees - по понюшке он опустошил всю табакерку
the cook pinched more salt into the soup - повар добавил в суп (ещё немного) соли
3. 1) мучить, причинять страдания; портить
face pinched by hunger - осунувшееся от голода лицо
to be pinched with cold [hunger] - страдать от холода [голода]; иззябнуть [изголодаться]
the flowers were a little pinched by the easterly winds - цветы немного пострадали от восточных ветров /побило восточным ветром/
2) причинять неудобства; мешать (тж.
the depression pinched them - они пострадали от депрессии
his affairs pinch him at home - дела не позволяют ему уехать
winter pinched on mining operations - зима помешала горнорудным работам
the builders were pinched by the shortage of good lumber - нехватка хорошей древесины задерживала работу строителей
4. 1) скупиться, экономить
to pinch and scrape, to pinch pennies - экономить на всём
they didn't pinch pennies on the new opera-house - строительство оперного театра велось с размахом; на новый оперный театр денег не жалели
2) урезывать; ограничивать, стеснять (кого-л. )
to pinch smb. in his food - ограничивать кого-л. в еде
to pinch oneself - отказывать себе во всём
5.сл.
to get pinched - попасться
6.сл.
my watch [purse] has been pinched - у меня украли /увели/ часы [кошелёк]
someone has pinched my matches - кто-то стащил /стянул/ мои спички
7.сл.
to pinch smth. out of /from/ smb. - вымогать что-л. у кого-л.
8.спорт. разг. лошадь )
9.тех.
10.сад. тж.
11.геол. о жиле ; тж.
12.мор. тж.
13.амер.
♢ that is where the shoe pinches - ≅ вот в чём загвоздка; вот где собака зарыта
to know where the shoe pinches - ≅ знать в чём загвоздка /трудность/
<Í> 1. 1) щипок
2) сжатие; теснота
2. щепотка
3. 1) крайняя нужда; тяготы
2) чрезвычайные обстоятельства
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5.
1) арест
2) (полицейская) облава
6.
1) кража
2) обман
7. 1)
2)
8. = pinch-bar
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1) плазменный шнур
2) пинч(-эффект) (
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<Í> 1. 1) ущипнуть; прищемить; ущемить; защемить
2) сдавливать, сжимать, жать; зажимать
2. брать
3. 1) мучить, причинять страдания; портить
2) причинять неудобства; мешать (
4. 1) скупиться, экономить
2) урезывать; ограничивать, стеснять (
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