At a pinch, all of us (except this worthy Giant) could retreat into the Mound itself.

在紧要关头，我们全体（除了巨人阁下）都可以撤到土丘里面去。

They take the place of songbirds at a pinch.

它们在紧要关头取代了鸣禽。

You go into a dark place, big cupboards are very useful generally. Toilets, at a pinch.

你进去一个黑暗的地方，一般来说大的柜橱最实用，必要时厕所也行。

Another little tip to help your egg whites beat is actually add in a pinch of salt at the start.

另一个帮助蛋清打发的小技巧实际上是在开始时加入少许盐。

A cream-colored two-seater with a space between the seats and the hood for parcels, or, at a pinch, for an extra passenger.

奶油色双人座， 座椅和引擎盖之间有空间用于包裹， 或者在紧要关头用于额外乘客。

As a hiding-place for one or, at a pinch, two men, it was ideal, being about two feet deep and three feet wide.

作为一个人或必要时两个人的藏身之处， 它是理想的， 大约两英尺深， 三英尺宽。

A spinning-wheel and carding-combs at a pinch; even the beads perhaps, though they were over fine to be come by in any way proper and natural.

手纺车和梳理机在紧要关头；甚至连珠子也有可能，尽管它们太精美了，无法以任何适当和自然的方式获得。

Ay, at a pinch he could sell fair plaits to dark girls, and be sorry he'd nothing lighter; no grey plaits, for instance, for that was the finest of all.

唉，在紧要关头，他可以把美丽的辫子卖给黑皮肤的女孩，遗憾的是他没有更轻的东西；没有灰色的辫子，例如，因为那是最好的。

Meanwhile I pay my rent and am a good tenant in every way; and it's a very useful little pied-a-terre—there's no saying how useful it might be at a pinch.

与此同时，我支付了房租，并且在各方面都是一个好房客；这是一个非常有用的小地方——没有人说它在紧要关头会有多大用处。

I may even come in myself at a pinch; so you won't be the only duffer, if you are one, and I shall be very glad if you will come down and help us too.

我什至可能会在紧要关头进来； 所以你不会是唯一的笨蛋， 如果你是一个， 如果你也下来帮助我们， 我将非常高兴。

She had learned to save herself at a pinch, to slip from one scrape to another, but keeping all along some better qualities; a child's death is nothing to her, but she can still give sweets to a child alive.

她学会了在紧要关头自救，从一个擦伤滑到另一个擦伤，但始终保持一些更好的品质；孩子死了对她来说不算什么，但她还能给活着的孩子糖果。