pinch

B1 noun

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cái véo

The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
sự kẹp, sự bóp

A close compression of anything with the fingers.

I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.
nhúm

A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.

Mix about four cups of white flour with a pinch of salt.
tình thế khó khăn, cảnh túng quẫn

An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
đòn bẩy, xà beng

A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
thuốc lá thảo mộc

An organic herbal smoke additive.
sự nén từ

A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.
eo đồng hồ cát

The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.

It looked like an hourglass, but all those little glittering shapes tumbling through the pinch were seconds.