on a pinch中文什么意思
在紧要关头, 必要时
- pinch: vt. 1.捏,掐,撮,挟;(鞋子等 ...
- at a pinch: 必要时; 在紧要关头; 在危急时
- in a pinch: 必要时, 在紧要关头
例句与用法
- This was how it was : a spring of clear water rose almost at the top of a knoll . well , on the knoll , and enclosing the spring , they had clapped a stout log - house , fit to hold two score of people on a pinch , and loop - holed for musketry on every side
它是这个样子的:一股清泉几乎是从一个小丘的顶上涌出来,这样,在小丘上面,他们围着泉水用圆木搭了座结实的木屋子,危急时刻,里面可以容纳四十人,四面都有射击孔。