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单词 pin down
释义

pin down


Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theypin down
he/she/itpins down
present participlepinning down
past tensepinned down
past participlepinned down

DEFINITIONS4
  1. 1
    to hold someone firmly on the ground or on a surface so that they cannot move

    He pinned me down on the bed and tickled me.

    Synonyms and related words

    To stop someone or something from moving
  2. 2
    to understand or describe something exactly

    Officials are trying to pin down the cause of widespread power outages.

    Synonyms and related words

    To describe or define something
    Synonyms and related words

    To understand something
  3. 3
    to force someone to make a decision about something

    We finally pinned him down and got him to agree to a meeting.

    Synonyms and related words

    To nag or force someone to do something
  4. 4
    to keep soldiers in a place so that they cannot move

    The Allied armies had been pinned down by the Germans.

    Synonyms and related words

    Fighting in a war and relating to fighting in a war

pin down


Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theypin down
he/she/itpins down
present participlepinning down
past tensepinned down
past participlepinned down

DEFINITIONS4
  1. 1
    to understand or describe something exactly

    Officials are trying to pin down the cause of widespread power cuts.

    Synonyms and related words

    To describe or define something
    Synonyms and related words

    To understand something
  2. 2
    to force someone to make a decision about something

    We finally pinned him down and got him to agree to a meeting.

    Synonyms and related words

    To nag or force someone to do something
  3. 3
    to hold someone firmly on the ground or on a surface so that they cannot move

    He pinned me down on the bed and tickled me.

    Synonyms and related words

    To stop someone or something from moving
  4. 4
    to keep soldiers in a place so that they cannot move

    The Allied armies had been pinned down by the Germans.

    Synonyms and related words

    Fighting in a war and relating to fighting in a war
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