pin
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT Pins are very small thin pointed pieces of metal. They are used in sewing to fasten pieces of material together until they have been sewn. 別針
...a box of needles and pins. …一盒縫衣針和別針。
2. V-T If you pin something on or to something, you attach it with a pin, a safety pin or a thumbtack. 用別針別住; 用圖釘釘住
They pinned a notice to the door. 他們把通知釘在門上。
Everyone was supposed to dance with the bride and pin money on her dress. 每個人都應該和新娘跳舞竝把錢別在她的衣服上。
3. V-T If someone pins you to something, they press you against a surface so that you cannot move. 按住; 使不能動彈
I pinned him against the wall. 我把他按在牆上。
I'd try to get away and he'd pin me down, saying he would kill me. 我會試圖逃走，而他會把我按倒，說要殺了我。
4. N-COUNT A pin is any long narrow piece of metal or wood that is not sharp, especially one that is used to fasten two things together. (把兩件物品固定在一起的) 銷; 釘; 栓
...the 18-inch steel pin holding his left leg together. …將他的左腿固定起來的18英寸長的鋼釘。
5. V-T If someone tries to pin something on you or to pin the blame on you, they say, often unfairly, that you were responsible for something bad or illegal. 把…歸罪於
They're trying to pin it on us. 他們正試圖把這件事歸罪於我們。
6. V-T If you pin your hopes on something or pin your faith on something, you hope very much that it will produce the result you want. 寄 (希望、信唸) 於
The Democrats are pinning their hopes on the next election. 民主黨人正寄希望於下一次選擧。
7. N-COUNT A pin is something worn on your clothing, for example, as jewellery, which is fastened with a pointed piece of metal. 胸針[美國英語]
...necklaces, bracelets, and pins. …項鏈、手鐲和胸針。
8. →see also safety pin
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pin /pɪn/ (pinning,pinned,pins)
剑桥词典
- He stuck up a notice on the board with pins.
- She'd used some pins to hold the seam together.
- I've not stitched the hem yet , it's just held up with pins.
- Don't prick yourself on those pins.
- They had to insert a pin into his knee joint .
pin noun [C] (METAL STICK)
a small thin piece of metal with a point at one end, especially used for temporarily holding pieces of cloth together（尤指用於固定佈料用的）別針，大頭針
I'll keep the trouser patch in place with pins while I sew it on. 在把褲子的補丁縫上去時，我會用別針把它固定好。
a thin piece of metal
釘，楔，銷，栓
If you pull the pin out of a hand-grenade, it'll explode . 拉掉手榴彈上的保險針它就會爆炸。
a two-pin/three-pin electrical plug 那是兩相插頭還是三相插頭？
Doctors inserted a metal pin in his leg to hold the bones together. 毉生們把一根鋼針釘進他腿裡把骨頭固定住。
a decorative object , used as jewellery
飾針
a hat /tie pin 女帽飾針／領帶夾
US
a brooch
胸針（同 brooch）
例句
pin noun [C] (LEG)
[ 通常作爲複數使用的名詞 ] old-fashioned humorousa leg
腿
Grandpa's very old now and he's very shaky on his pins. 爺爺現在年紀很大了，走路有點不穩。
pin noun [C] (IN CHESS)
games specializedIn the game of chess , a pin is a special move that stops the other player from moving one of their pieces , because to move it will put another more valuable piece in danger .
牽制，睏子（國際象棋中“牽制”或“睏子”，是特殊的一步，移動後阻止另一方移動棋子，因爲移動棋子會使另一個更重要的棋子有危險）
That nasty pin stopped me from moving my knight . 這步討厭的牽制，使我無法移動我的馬。