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单词 hairpin
释义 hairpin
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
1. : a pin to hold the hair in place; specifically : a two-pronged U-shaped pin made of wire, plastic, or bone
2.
 a. : something shaped like a hairpin; specifically : a sharp turn in a road having relatively parallel approaches
  < at the top of a long swinging hairpin he looked back and saw the moving lights of a car — Wallace Stegner >
 b. : two closed slalom gates placed one immediately below the other on a ski slope
II. adjective
: having the shape of a hairpin
 < hairpin curve >
III. verb
Etymology: hairpin (I)
transitive verb
West : to get up on (as a horse) : mount
 < hairpinning … at sight anything on four hoofs — P.A.Rollins >
intransitive verb
: to make a hairpin turn
 < the road hairpins up the mountainside — Tom Marvel >
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