| 单词 | pawn |
| 释义 | pawn (once / 1369 pages) 1vn 2n 3n To pawn something is to use it as collateral when you're borrowing money. When you pawn a necklace at a pawn shop, you get cash in exchange for it with the understanding that you can buy it back later. The benefit when you pawn something is getting cash immediately. The down side is that you'll have to pay more money — the amount you borrowed, plus interest — to get your item back. If you aren't able to do this, the pawn shop will sell it to someone else. As a noun, a pawn is the smallest, least powerful piece in a game of chess, or a description of a person who's being used or manipulated. WORD FAMILYpawn: pawned, pawning, pawns USAGE EXAMPLESShe told her sisters to pawn her television set. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Neighbors still owns his first guitar, a black Fender that he purchased at a pawn shop for $300. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) Police say two suspects stormed the pawn shop Tuesday afternoon to rob the place. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1 1v leave as a guarantee in return for money pawn your grandfather's gold watch Syn|Hyper hock, soak charge, consign give over to another for care or safekeeping 2n an article deposited as security Hyper pledge a deposit of personal property as security for a debt 3n borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan 2Hyper borrowing obtaining funds from a lender n a person used by another to gain an end 3Syn|Hyper cat's-paw, instrument assistant, help, helper, supporter a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose n (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank Hyper chess piece, chessman any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess |
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