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| 1 | a small thin piece of metal with a sharp point , used for holding cloth in place while you are sewing （做衣服时固定衣料的）别针，大头针 |
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| 2 | MAINLY AMERICAN a piece of jewellery that you wear on your clothes . BRITISHbrooch 胸针 |
| | 2a | a thin pointed piece of metal worn on your clothes as jewellery or to hold something in place 饰针 | | His tie was held in place with a small diamond pin. 他的领带用一枚小小的钻石饰针固定着。 | |
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| 3 | a thin piece of metal or wood , used especially to hold things together （尤指用于固定物体的）钉，销钉，楔 |
| Steel pins held the handles in position. 钢钉将把手固定住了。 |
| | 3a | one of the metal parts of an electrical plug that fits into the wall （电器插头的）插脚 | | a three-pin plug 三相插头 | |
| | 3b | the metal part that a soldier pulls out of a hand grenade before throwing it （手榴弹的）保险针，保险销 | |
| | 3c | a thin piece of metal that a doctor puts through a broken bone to support it （治疗骨折时固定用的）钢钉 | |
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| 4 | one of the tall objects that you knock over in the game of ten-pin bowling （10柱保龄球戏的）木柱，球柱 |
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| 5 | pins plural BRITISH informal old-fashioned someone’ s legs (人的)腿 |
| She’ s still a bit shaky on her pins. 她的腿还有点颤抖。 |
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| - | for two pins BRITISH old-fashioned
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| used for saying a bad thing that you would like to do |
| 真想，真恨不得（用于表示想做的坏事） |
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| For two pins I’ d tell him what he can do with his job! 我真恨不得告诉他他的本职工作该做些什么！ |
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| - | you could hear a pin drop mainly spoken
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| used for emphasizing how quiet a place is when no one is talking |
| 安静得连针掉在地上也听得见 |
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| See also | | - pins and needles | |
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