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pinion1/ˈpinjən/ n. & v.●n. 1 the outer part of a bird's wing, usu. including the flight feathers (鸟翼的)端部，翼尖(常包括飞羽) 2 poet. a wing; a flight feather [诗]翼翅；飞羽 ●v. tr. 1 cut off the pinion of (a wing or bird) to prevent flight 剪去(鸟翼或鸟的)飞羽 2a bind the arms of (a person) 绑住(某人的)双臂 b (often foll. by 常后跟 to) bind (the arms, a person, etc.) esp. to a thing 把(手、人等)绑在某物上 [Middle English from Old French pignon, ultimately from Latin pinna: see PIN] |