He led his life , pinching and scraping.是什么意思？

He led his life , pinching and scraping.

他省吃俭用地过日子.

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

LED

v. 带路( lead的过去式和过去分词 )，领导，指挥，领先；

例句
The advent of war led to a greater austerity.
战争的到来使形势更为严峻。

his

pron. (he的所有格)他的，(he的物主代词)他的东西；det. 属于他的，用于名词前，自己的，指某人的，上帝的；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

life

n. 生活，生计，生命，性命，一生，寿命，人生，尘世；

例句
In his later life he became even more absent-minded.
他晚年变得愈加健忘了。

pinching

v. 收聚，夹痛( pinch的现在分词 )，逮捕，盗窃，使入不敷出；adj. 引起痛苦[拮据]的，吝啬的；

例句
Frieda grinned, pinching him on the butt.
弗里达咧嘴笑了，捏了捏他的屁股。

and

conj. 和，与，而且，于是，然后，因此；

例句
I spend a lot on expensive jewelry and clothing...
我花很多钱购买昂贵的首饰和衣服。

scraping

n. 刮，擦，挖，刮擦声；adj. 刮的，吝啬的；

例句
She went round the car scraping the frost off the windows...
她把结霜的车窗挨个儿擦干净。