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单词 safety pin
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safety pinn.

Brit. /ˈseɪftɪ ˌpɪn/, U.S. /ˈseɪfti ˌpɪn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: safety n., pin n.1
Etymology: < safety n. + pin n.1
1. A pin used for fastening, locking, or securing some part of a mechanism, esp. an explosive device or weapon.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > pin or peg > safety-pin
safety pin1822
shield-pin1883
nappy pin1966
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > devices for securing or uniting parts
key1434
chevel-bolt1480
strop1573
gimbals1577
gimmals1598
gimmera1603
strap1620
bridle1667
key band1735
screw-joint1810
locking plate1812
safety pin1822
king bolt1839
square coupling1845
holding-down bolt1846
ball joint1849
pinholder1854
knuckle-joint1860
bayonet-joint1870
elbow1874
fox-key1874
split-pin1875
cotter-pin1881
elbow-joint1881
banjo-frame1888
holding-down pin1892
holding-down ring1899
feather1908
banjo union1922
1822 J. F. Cole Patent in London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 4 63 Application of a safety pin to a detent with pivots.
1836 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 7 199 When the hammers are down upon the nipples after discharging the gun, the ends of the safety pins press against the inner sides of the hammers.
1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 387 Some say that the Russians had neglected to take out the safety-pins, thus leaving the torpedoes as it were on half-cock.
1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 34 The object of the safety pin is to prevent the pallets leaving the escape wheel except when the impulse pin is in the notch of the lever.
1937 Times 15 Mar. 14/2 One of the safety-pins from a bomb fell on the poop of the Cherryleaf.
2007 D. Miller Fighting Men World War II 289 The thrower..took the grenade in one hand,..grasped the cord on the safety pin, pulled it clear and then struck the firing-pin cover firmly.
2.
a. A wire pin, used chiefly for fastening clothing, which is turned back on itself so as to form a spring, and has a guard or sheath to hold and cover the point and prevent its accidental unfastening.In quot. 2005, an allusion to the fashion in punk subculture of piercing the body and clothing with safety pins (see note at punk n.1 5b).
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > brooch or pin > [noun] > of specific shape or form
scutcheon1483
target1507
tussy1541
crotcheta1685
spray1803
safety pin1850
cluster-pin1873
luckenbooth brooch1882
fáinne1919
luckenbooth1976
1850 Engineer & Machinist Nov. 288/2 Designs for Articles of Utility... Oct. 7, No. 2469, George Boulton, Great Dover-road, Borough, ‘Improved safety-pin’.
1862 Traveller's Album & Hotel Guide 26 (advt.) Charles Rowley & Co.,..Patentees of the safety pins, so admirably adapted for children's under clothing, ladies' shawls, &c.
1888 Chambers's Encycl. I. 702/2 The bandage is fastened by a safety-pin, which should traverse..any texture introduced between the bandage and the skin.
1904 Treasury Decisions (U.S. Dept. of Treasury) 6 991 The device is mounted on a safety pin intended to fasten and hold the article on the coat or garment upon which it is to be worn.
1941 ‘Gypsy Rose Lee’ G-String Murders iii. 62 When she stripped the dress, the audience got a flash of diapers pinned on with an oversized safety pin.
2005 L. Leblanc Pretty in Punk ii. 57 Your hitherto nicely dressed teenager..with hair dyed green and teased into a shark-fin, a safety pin in one nostril.
b. Archaeology. A clasp or brooch made on the same principle; = fibula n. 1. Frequently attributive.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > clasp or buckle
dalkc1000
buckle1340
clasp1480
fibula1673
safety pin1867
spang1892
1867 Intellect. Observer Apr. 226 What is described in the newspaper as ‘a safety-pin, on the same principle as those in use at the present day’, a bronze fibula.
1880 W. B. Dawkins Early Man in Brit. x. 388 The peculiar brooch made of twisted wire, of the ‘safety pin’ kind, so abundant in the Etruskan tombs of Bologna.
1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 642/2 So far we have traced the history of the safety-pin form of brooch.
1997 J. Laing Art & Society Rom. Brit. 88 The most common type of brooch used in Roman Britain was the safety-pin or fibula.
2007 D. W. Harding Archaeol. Celtic Art ii. 33 By the second Iron Age in Central and Western Europe,..the pin has been largely superseded as a dress-fastener by the safety-pin brooch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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