20140204每日三單字 (pinch / whack / demote)

whack
【口】（用棍棒等）重打；猛擊
The bully whacked my brother with a stick .   那惡棍用棒頭狠揍我兄弟。
【美】【俚】砍劈；削減
whack defense expenditures   削減防務費
【主英】擊敗；戰勝

【口】分享；把……分成份兒
The thieves whacked the spoils .   偷兒們分了贓。

pinch

捏，擰；夾痛，軋痛
The new shoes pinch me at the toe .   新鞋太緊軋痛我的腳趾。
掐掉（嫩枝等）；修剪[（+out/off/back）]
He decided to pinch back the buds on the plant .   他決定將植物上的芽掐掉。
使疼痛；使苦惱；使消瘦[H][（+with）]
The cold pinched his face .   他的臉凍得發痛。
Her face was pinched by hunger .   她的臉因飢餓而消瘦了。
使感拮据，使感缺乏[H][（+for）]
I ' m pinched for money .   我手頭拮据。
勒索，詐取[（+from/out of）]
He tried to pinch money out of me .   他試圖勒索我的錢。
【俚】偷取；擅自拿取
His cousin caught him pinching apples .   他偷吃蘋果時被他表兄抓住。
【俚】逮捕；拘留[H][（+for）]
He was pinched for pushing drugs .   他因販賣毒品被捕。

demote

降級