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单词 linchpin
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linchpin

(lɪntʃpɪn) also lynchpin
Word forms: plural linchpins
countable noun
If you refer to a person or thing as the linchpin of something, you mean that they are the most important person or thing involved in it.
He's the lynchpin of our team and crucial to my long-term plans. [+ of]

linchpin in British English

or lynchpin (ˈlɪntʃˌpɪn)
noun
1. 
a pin placed transversely through an axle to keep a wheel in position
2. 
a person or thing regarded as an essential or coordinating element
the linchpin of the company
Word origin
C14 lynspin, from Old English lynis

linchpin in American English

(ˈlɪntʃˌpɪn)
noun
1. 
a pin that goes through the end of an axle outside the wheel to keep the wheel from coming off
2. 
anything serving to hold together the parts of a whole
Word origin
ME lynspin < lyns (< OE lynis, linchpin, akin to Ger lünse < IE base *(e)lei- to bend > ell2, Sans āṇíh, linchpin) + pin, pin

Examples of 'linchpin' in a sentence
linchpin

Is now the captain and linchpin of Arsenal but linked with a move back to the Catalans.
The Sun (2010)
He has become the linchpin of City's success.
The Sun (2013)
Flood has gone on to cement his position and become England's linchpin.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She wasn't just the linchpin of the family, she was part of the team too.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
His lack of mobility was thankfully not exposed by City but the Spain midfielder is not the ideal defensive linchpin.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
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