单词 | hairpin |
释义 | hairpinn. 1. A kind of pin used in dressing and fastening up the hair, fixing a head-dress, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > pin bodkin1580 skewer1771 hairpin1818 barrette1901 prong pin1902 pin curler1921 kirby grip1926 bobby pin1936 grip1960 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. at Hairneedle The modern hairpin kept the hair in certain fanciful shapes. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xix. 174 Kate was dressed to the very last hair-pin. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times i. 23 Many of the latter articles found in the Swiss lakes appear..to have been hair-pins. 2. A jocular word for: a person. Also: a thin person. slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [noun] hadc900 lifesmaneOE maneOE world-maneOE ghostOE wyeOE lifeOE son of manOE wightc1175 soulc1180 earthmanc1225 foodc1225 person?c1225 creaturec1300 bodyc1325 beera1382 poppetc1390 flippera1400 wat1399 corsec1400 mortal?a1425 deadly?c1450 hec1450 personagec1485 wretcha1500 human1509 mundane1509 member1525 worma1556 homo1561 piece of flesh1567 sconce1567 squirrel?1567 fellow creature1572 Adamite1581 bloat herringa1586 earthling1593 mother's child1594 stuff1598 a piece of flesh1600 wagtail1607 bosom1608 fragment1609 boots1623 tick1631 worthy1649 earthlies1651 snap1653 pippin1665 being1666 personal1678 personality1678 sooterkin1680 party1686 worldling1687 human being1694 water-wagtail1694 noddle1705 human subject1712 piece of work1713 somebody1724 terrestrial1726 anybody1733 individual1742 character1773 cuss1775 jig1781 thingy1787 bod1788 curse1790 his nabs1790 article1796 Earthite1814 critter1815 potato1815 personeityc1816 nibs1821 somebody1826 tellurian1828 case1832 tangata1840 prawn1845 nigger1848 nut1856 Snooks1860 mug1865 outfit1867 to deliver the goods1870 hairpin1879 baby1880 possum1894 hot tamale1895 babe1900 jobbie1902 virile1903 cup of tea1908 skin1914 pisser1918 number1919 job1927 apple1928 mush1936 face1944 jong1956 naked ape1965 oke1970 punter1975 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > person having staffc1405 notomy1487 rakea1529 crag1542 scrag1542 sneakbill1546 starveling1546 slim1548 ghost1590 bald-rib1598 bare-bone1598 bow-case1599 atomy1600 sneaksbill1602 thin-gut1602 anatomya1616 sharg1623 skeleton1630 raw-bone1635 living skeleton1650 strammel1706 scarecrow1711 rickle of bones1729 shargar1754 squeeze-crab1785 rack of bones1804 thread-paper1824 bag of bones1838 dry-bones1845 skinnymalink1870 hairpin1879 slim jim1889 skinny1907 underweight1910 asthenic1925 ectomorph1940 skinny-malinky1957 matchstick1959 1879 R. Grant Little Tin Gods 8 That is the kind of a hairpin that he is! 1884 B. Nye Baled Hay 103 That's the kind of hair pin he is. He never works. 1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 214 Collins ain't that kind of a hairpin. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 168 The names [for thin people]..are merely descriptive, as..hairpin, [etc.]. 3. In full hairpin bend, hairpin corner, etc. A sharp bend in a road or course likened to a hairpin in form. ΘΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > bend jamb1567 right1735 bend1803 lacet1847 hairpin bend1906 Z-bend1958 right-hander1963 virage1963 left-hander1964 1906 Daily Chron. 15 June 6/5 The length and steepness of the rise complicated by a double-hairpin corner. 1906 Amer. Mag. 63 176/1 At hairpin turn, perhaps the worst of all, where the course doubles itself, were 500 machines and at least 10,000 people. 1912 Motor 23 Apr. (Suppl.) 2 As we dropped down the gentle ‘hairpins’ into Voreppe. 1912 G. B. Shaw Let. 9 Aug. in Bernard Shaw & Mrs. P. Campbell (1952) 33 A journey of 800 miles includes crawls up endless hairpin zigzags. 1912 G. B. Shaw Let. 17 Sept. in Bernard Shaw & Mrs. P. Campbell (1952) 148 Reversing at impossible hairpin corners. 1914 Auto-Motor Jrnl. 410/2 It is not unlike the higher part of Birdlip Hill, starting with a long and steep gradient and ending with a sharp hairpin bend just below the summit. 1923 Motor Cycle 13 Sept. 373/1 There is only one acute hair-pin bend, but there are several corners. 1923 Motor Cycle 13 Sept. 374/1 A rather tricky and loose-surfaced left-hand hairpin was the principal feature of Chinnor Hill. 1957 P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble iii. 36 Its sudden ascents and declivities, its blind curves and hairpin bends flanked by unguarded precipices. 1971 D. O'Connor Eye of Eagle iii. 20 I..was driving up the hairpins that mark the beginning of the Simplon Pass. Compounds General attributive. Π 1887 Viscount Bury & G. L. Hillier Cycling (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xiii. 344 In many tangent wheels very fine spokes are used, and their most delicate point is at the bend in the hub, where the double spoke is bent ‘hair-pin’ fashion. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 195 Fancy Chased Hairpin Box. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 29 Dec. 15/2 Joined to the ninon with coarse hairpin stitch. 1917 W. Owen Let. 10 Jan. (1967) 426 Celluloid hair-pin box from Boots. 1932 D. C. Minter Mod. Needlecraft 104 (heading) Hairpin Work. 1932 D. C. Minter Mod. Needlecraft 104/1 Hairpin-work D'oyley. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1818 |
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