English Dictionary

pinched

形容詞

人・顔

Very thin, as if drawn together / (of a person or their face) Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger. / Financially hurt or damaged. / Compressed

日本語の意味

非常にやせ細った、引き締まった様子 / （特に顔が）寒さや不安、空腹などで緊張して青ざめた状態 / 経済的に打撃を受けた、損害を受けた状態 / 圧縮された、または強く締め付けられた状態

After days without sleep, his pinched features made him look decades older.

数日間眠らなかったため、彼のやつれた顔立ちは何十年も年を取ったように見えた。

意味（1）

Very thin, as if drawn together

Want of food was my chief trouble the first summer at my old master's. Oysters and clams would do very well, with an occasional supply of bread, but they soon failed in the absence of bread. I speak but the simple truth, when I say, I have often been so pinched with hunger, that I have fought with the dog—Old Nep—for the smallest crumbs that fell from the kitchen table, and have been glad when I won a single crumb in the combat.

意味（2）

(of a person or their face) Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.

意味（3）

Financially hurt or damaged.

意味（4）

Compressed

If your sport makes you prone to violent neck motions, you are at risk for a pinched nerve. A pinched nerve occurs when a cervical disc ruptures, and the jellylike material from inside the disc presses on a nerve.

more pinched （ comparative ）

most pinched （ superlative ）