| 单词 | pin |
| 释义 | pin (once / 355 pages) 1nv 2vn 3n 4n 5n A pin is a small, sharp device that's made for attaching and holding things together. When you sew a shirt, you first have to pin the paper pattern to the fabric with pins. Pins used for tacking paper to a bulletin board are made of sharp metal. A piece of jewelry that fastens to your shirt is also a pin. There are numerous other pins, from the pegs a guitar's strings are attached to; to the wooden pins you try to knock down when you're bowling; to the pins that hold your hairdo in place. And when you pin, you secure with a pin, or you hold someone down while wrestling. WORD FAMILYpin: pinned, pinning, pins, unpin+/pinning: pinnings/unpin: unpinned, unpinning, unpins USAGE EXAMPLESSome fans will pin the defeat on that play. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) A successful punt into that “coffin corner” would be unreturnable, and pin the opposing team deep in its territory. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) The tweet was pinned to the top of his timeline, so anyone who visited his feed would see it. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things Hypo|Hyper barrette a pin for holding women's hair in place bitt pina pin through the bitthead to keep the mooring lines from slipping off hairpina double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place hatpina long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair linchpin, lynchpinpin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on nog, pega wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface rivetheavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together safety pina pin in the form of a clasp; has a guard so the point of the pin will not stick the user skewera long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted straight pinpin consisting of a short straight stiff piece of wire with a pointed end; used to fasten pieces of cloth or paper together gudgeon pin, wrist pinpin joining a piston to a connecting rod bobby pin, grip, hairgripa flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place bodkinformerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head spita skewer for holding meat over a fire golf tee, teea short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground tent pega peg driven into the ground to hold a rope supporting a tent treenail, trenail, trunnela wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place 2n small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. Syn|Hyper peg mark, marker, marking a distinguishing symbol 3n flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green Syn|Hyper flag golf equipment sports equipment used in playing golf 4n a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment Hypo|Hyper breastpin, broach, brooch a decorative pin worn by women scatter pinsmall pin usually worn in groups of two or more stickpina decorative pin that is worn in a necktie scarfpin, tie tack, tiepina pin used to hold the tie in place sunbursta jeweled brooch with a pattern resembling the sun jewellery, jewelry an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems) 5v attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins " pin the needle to the shirt". "pin the blame on the innocent man Ant|Hyper unpin remove the pins from; unfasten the pins of fasten, fix, secure cause to be firmly attached 6v pierce with a pin 2pin down the butterfly Hypo|Hyper skewer, spit drive a skewer through empale, impale, spike, transfix pierce with a sharp stake or point 1v immobilize a piece Hyper aggress, attack take the initiative and go on the offensive 2v to hold fast or prevent from moving The child was pinned under the fallen tree Syn immobilise, immobilize, trap 3n when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper fall takedown (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position triumph, victory a successful ending of a struggle or contest 1n axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns Syn|Hypo|Hyper pivot fulcrum the pivot about which a lever turns pintlea pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge axis, axis of rotation the center around which something rotates 2n a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing Syn|Hyper oarlock, peg, rowlock, thole, tholepin holder a holding device 3n cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown 4Syn|Hyper pin tumbler tumbler a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown n informal terms for the leg 5Syn|Hyper peg, stick leg a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle n a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target Syn|Hypo|Hyper bowling pin candlepin a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin duckpina bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin headpin, kingpinthe front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins ninepin, skittle, skittle pina bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles tenpinone of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling bowling equipment equipment used in bowling PIN (once / 57099 pages) n WORD FAMILY PIN: PINS USAGE EXAMPLESThey enter a PIN to open the vehicle, get the key, start the car and drive off. Washington Post(Dec 06, 2016) Others say the best approach would combine biometric systems with other protections, such as a strong password or PIN. Seattle Times(Nov 21, 2016) If your library lends Kindle books, you just need a valid library card and PIN code from the institution itself. New York Times(Oct 17, 2016) n a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts Syn|Hyper PIN number, personal identification number identification number, number a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification |
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