单词	linchpin
释义	linchpinlinch‧pin, lynchpin /ˈlɪntʃˌpɪn/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINlinchpin Origin: 1300-1400 linch ‘pin fastening a wheel to an axle’ (11-16 centuries) (from Old English lynis) + pin Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Apparently she accepted that she was the primary caretaker of her children and the linchpin of family life. Consumer goods industries were the linchpin, and these were overwhelmingly located in the West Midlands and in and around Greater London. Dalton Baldwin's linchpin accompaniments are all that one could hope for in terms of grace and humour. Divas are often the financial linchpins for opera productions costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Erme was the linchpin of the whole thing. Removing the middle would be like removing the linchpin. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the linchpin of something My mother had always been the linchpin of our family. Apparently she accepted that she was the primary caretaker of her children and the linchpin of family life. Erme was the linchpin of the whole thing. The modesty of the Arab woman is the linchpin of the whole political system. the linchpin of something the person or thing in a group, system etc that is most important, because everything depends on them
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