单词 | pawn |
释义 | pawn (pɔːn ) Word forms: pawns , pawning , pawned 1. verb If you pawn something that you own, you leave it with a pawnbroker, who gives you money for it and who can sell it if you do not pay back the money before a certain time. He is contemplating pawning his watch. [VERB noun] Synonyms: hock [informal, mainly US], pop [British, informal], stake, mortgage 2. countable noun In chess, a pawn is the smallest and least valuable playing piece. Each player has eight pawns at the start of the game. 3. countable noun If you say that someone is using you as a pawn, you mean that they are using you for their own advantage. It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the President. They are the pawns in the power game played by their unseen captors. Synonyms: tool, instrument [informal], toy, creature Translations: Chinese: 典当, 兵 Japanese: 質に入れる, ポーン |
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