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pin/pin/ n. & v.●n. 1a a small thin pointed piece of esp. steel wire with a round or flattened head used (esp. in sewing) for holding things in place, attaching one thing to another, etc. (尤指缝纫用的)针；大头针 b any of several types of pin 针状物 drawing pin 图钉; safety pin 安全别针; hairpin 发夹 c a small brooch 胸针 diamond pin 钻石胸针 d a badge fastened with a pin (用别针固定的)徽章 2 a peg of wood or metal for various purposes, e.g. a wooden skittle in bowling (木质或金属的)销，栓，小柱(如保龄球运动中的瓶状木柱) 3 something of small value 不值钱的东西 don't care a pin 毫不关心; for two pins I'd resign 我恨不得辞职 4 (in pl. 用复数) colloq. legs [口]腿 quick on his pins 跑得快 5 Med. a steel rod used to join the ends of fractured bones while they heal 【医】(治疗骨折时固定用的)不锈钢钉 6 Chess a position in which a piece is pinned to another 【棋类】牵制 7 Golf a stick with a flag placed in a hole to mark its position 【高尔夫球】(球洞的)标志旗杆 8 Mus. a peg round which one string of a musical instrument is fastened 【音】琴轸，弦轴 9 Brit. a half-firkin cask for beer [英] (容量为 4.5 加仑的)小啤酒桶 ●v. tr. (pinned, pinning) 1a (often foll. by 常后跟 to, up, together) fasten with a pin or pins (用针等)别住，钉住，扣住 pinned up the hem 钉住褶边; pinned the papers together 把文件用别针别在一起 b transfix with a pin, lance, etc. (用针、长矛等)刺穿 2 (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 on) fix (blame, responsibility, etc.) on a person etc. 把(责备、责任等)归咎于(某人等) pinned the blame on his friend 把过错推到他朋友的身上 3 (often foll. by 常后跟 against, on, etc.) seize and hold fast 抓住；抓牢 4 Chess prevent (an opposing piece) from moving except by exposing a more valuable piece to capture 【棋类】牵制(对方棋子) □ on pins and needles in an agitated state of suspense 如坐针毡，焦急不安 □ pin down 1 (often foll. by 常后跟 to) bind (a person etc.) to a promise, arrangement, etc. 使(某人等)履行诺言(或安排等) 2 force (a person) to declare his or her intentions 迫使(某人)表态 3 restrict the actions or movement of (an enemy etc.) 限制(敌人等的)行动 4 specify (a thing) precisely 确定(某事) could not pin down his unease to a particular cause 弄不清楚令他不安的具体原因 5 hold (a person etc.) down by force 用力压住(某人等) □ pin one's faith (or hopes etc.) on rely implicitly on 对…抱有信心(或希望等)… [Old English pinn from Latin pinna ‘point’ etc., associated with penna PEN1] |