| 单词 | at pawn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat pawn a. The state or condition of being given or held as a pledge, or as security for the repayment of a loan; chiefly in at pawn, in pawn, †to pawn, etc. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [phrase] > in pawn at pawn1431 in pop1819 in (occasionally the) hock1859 on the shelf1859 1431 in J. B. Paul Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1882) II. 43/2 Til haf wedeset and in pawnd layd..my landdis. 1554 Galway Arch. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 415 Whatsoever platte or silver is lefte or put in paund. c1578 Frobisher in Proc. Rec. Comm. (1833) 562 At Bristo, wher his carde and his se-clothes dyd ly to pawne. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 295 Redeeme from Broking pawne the blemisht Crowne. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iii. 7 My honor is at pawne, And but my going, nothing can redeeme it. View more context for this quotation 1667 S. Pepys Diary 3 Oct. (1974) VIII. 460 Her plate and jewels are at pawne for money. 1735 S.-Carolina Gaz. 29 Mar. 3/2 The said Gascoyne has several times pawn'd the said Watch, if any person will inform the said Coit and Hunter of its being under a Gascoyne pawn (since advertizd) shall have 50 l. reward. 1781 H. Newdigate Let. July in A. E. Newdigate-Newdegate Cheverels (1898) ii. 26 Don't come to make a Stay, only Just to take me out of Pawn. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xi. 45 All who..set their honesty at pawn. 1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds I. i. 4 Miss Greystock wanted a loan sufficient to take the jewels out of pawn. 1960 Blackwood's Mag. July 74 I can only hope that on his way out he will redeem one of the innumerable suits he assures me he has in pawn all over the world. 1991 K. Dayus Where there's Life (ed. 2) 78 All our money was gone and everything was in pawn so Dad had to go to the relief office. < as lemmas |
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