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1. 缩紧的:pinchbeck 金色铜制的 | pinched 缩紧的 | pincushion 针垫
2. 缩紧的/憔悴的/困难的:pinchcock /弹簧夹/ | pinched /缩紧的/憔悴的/困难的/ | pinchers /铁钳/钳子/
3. 挤压:Rippled:涟漪 | Pinched:挤压 | Perforated:穿孔
1. 消瘦苍白的;形容憔悴的
If someone''s face is pinched, it looks thin and pale, usually because they are ill or old.
e.g. Her face was pinched and drawn...
她一脸苍白憔悴。
e.g. She was a small, silent woman with pinched features and thin hair.
她是一位瘦小、沉默的女子,面容消瘦,头发稀疏。
adj
1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
e.g. emaciated bony hands
a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
eyes were haggard and cavernous
small pinched faces
kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
Synonym: bonycadaverousemaciatedgaunthaggardskeletalwasted
2. sounding as if the nose were pinched
e.g. a whining nasal voice
3. as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
e.g. her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her
4. not having enough money to pay for necessities
Synonym: hard upimpecuniousin straitened circumstances(p)pennilesspenurious