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单词 hairpin
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hairpin

(heəʳpɪn)
Word forms: plural hairpins
1. countable noun
A hairpin is a small piece of metal or plastic bent back on itself which someone uses to hold their hair in position.
2. countable noun
A hairpin is the same as a hairpin bend.

hairpin in British English

(ˈhɛəˌpɪn)
noun
1. 
a thin double-pronged pin used by women to fasten the hair
2. (modifier)
(esp of a bend in a road) curving very sharply

hairpin in American English

(ˈhɛrˌpɪn)
noun
1. 
a small, usually U-shaped, piece of wire, shell, etc., for keeping the hair or a headdress in place
adjective
2. 
formed like a hairpin
a hairpin turn

Examples of 'hairpin' in a sentence
hairpin

Throwing yourself into hairpin bends and just slamming on the brakes is not the answer.
The Sun (2011)
Humans reach the house by a series of hairpin bends up bumpy woodland tracks.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But we spent more than an hour pedalling up the steep hairpin bends.
The Sun (2011)
The village can only be reached by winding hairpin roads but is a tourist trap in high season.
The Sun (2010)
We breathe out and relax, until the next hairpin bend.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
In practice, this enables you to steer easily round hairpin bends.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Between a few well-known spots, you can be out of touch in the turn of a hairpin.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
These vary in tightness: some are hairpin turns, while others swoop down the mountain and are faster.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Five miles of twisting narrow lanes then a mile-long descent ending in a vertiginous 30% decline with tight blind hairpin bends.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A training section with 142 challenges may help you master the most unforgiving hairpin bends, but accuracy is king in this game.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
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