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单词 drawing pin
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Definition of drawing pin in English:

drawing pin

noun
British
  • A short flat-headed pin, used for fastening paper to a wall or other surface.

    North American term thumbtack
    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, he has forgotten to bring a drawing pin.
    • Crying out that he was about to damage cathedral property with four drawing pins, he affixed a prophetic proclamation to the main doors.
    • Unpopular colleagues had drawing pins placed on their seats.
    • He also has a piece of adhesive gum with drawing pins sunk in it which, when combined with a thick rubber band, makes a horrifying catapult.
    • If he had, he obviously couldn't locate the drawing pins until half-time.
    • We created dozens of elaborate elastic-powered missiles containing tightly rolled paper, drawing pins and paper clips.
    • Justino points to a huge map on his office wall stuck full of drawing pins.
    • Take a trip through the tiny metropolitan scenes and use a range of devices - a camera flash, drawing pins and loudspeakers, for example - to shock the annoying locals into dropping their coins.
    • The next hour was spent sticking drawing pins in every book in the house on the off-chance of hitting on something apt.
    • She's taken paint off the woodwork, ripped my poster of London Bridge, ran around the house with a drawing pin in her mouth and wouldn't give it back.
    • So there I was, not doing much in the office, except finding new ways to maim my colleagues using only an elastic band, a drawing pin and several paper clips, when the phone rang.
    • Its timber ceiling easily accepted our drawing pins so we went particularly overboard with criss-crossing ceiling streamers.
    • Waxed paper had been attached to it using drawing pins.
    • I wondered over to the Portland building with Lisa S, then I looked in the Union Shop, and bought some drawing pins, which are heavily used already!
    • We laughed for a moment until we looked further and further up the pole: the surface was completely encrusted in corroded drawing pins like barnacles on a whale.
    • They included 12 reports of staff being attacked by patients, in one case with a walking stick and in another the patient stuck drawing pins into the worker.
    • Agatha stumbled into the kitchen and snatched the letter from the notice board, sending drawing pins tumbling across the floor.
    • You'll be sickened by what four young men can get up to with just a few bull whips, staplers, drawing pins, gaffer tape, sandpaper and hammers.
    • Staff members at York Hospital were found to have been knocked unconscious, throttled with power cords, stuck with drawing pins and even beaten with walking sticks as they tended the sick and injured.
    • I paid one old penny for a piece of paper, four drawing pins and the use of an easel - much to my father's bewilderment.
    Synonyms
    pin, nail, tin tack, staple, spike, rivet, stud
 
 

Definition of drawing pin in US English:

drawing pin

nounˈdroiNG ˌpinˈdrɔɪŋ ˌpɪn
British
  • A short flat-headed pin, used for fastening paper to a wall or other surface; a thumbtack.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Staff members at York Hospital were found to have been knocked unconscious, throttled with power cords, stuck with drawing pins and even beaten with walking sticks as they tended the sick and injured.
    • If he had, he obviously couldn't locate the drawing pins until half-time.
    • The next hour was spent sticking drawing pins in every book in the house on the off-chance of hitting on something apt.
    • Unpopular colleagues had drawing pins placed on their seats.
    • Justino points to a huge map on his office wall stuck full of drawing pins.
    • He also has a piece of adhesive gum with drawing pins sunk in it which, when combined with a thick rubber band, makes a horrifying catapult.
    • Crying out that he was about to damage cathedral property with four drawing pins, he affixed a prophetic proclamation to the main doors.
    • Its timber ceiling easily accepted our drawing pins so we went particularly overboard with criss-crossing ceiling streamers.
    • Agatha stumbled into the kitchen and snatched the letter from the notice board, sending drawing pins tumbling across the floor.
    • So there I was, not doing much in the office, except finding new ways to maim my colleagues using only an elastic band, a drawing pin and several paper clips, when the phone rang.
    • We created dozens of elaborate elastic-powered missiles containing tightly rolled paper, drawing pins and paper clips.
    • We laughed for a moment until we looked further and further up the pole: the surface was completely encrusted in corroded drawing pins like barnacles on a whale.
    • I paid one old penny for a piece of paper, four drawing pins and the use of an easel - much to my father's bewilderment.
    • I wondered over to the Portland building with Lisa S, then I looked in the Union Shop, and bought some drawing pins, which are heavily used already!
    • Waxed paper had been attached to it using drawing pins.
    • You'll be sickened by what four young men can get up to with just a few bull whips, staplers, drawing pins, gaffer tape, sandpaper and hammers.
    • However, he has forgotten to bring a drawing pin.
    • She's taken paint off the woodwork, ripped my poster of London Bridge, ran around the house with a drawing pin in her mouth and wouldn't give it back.
    • Take a trip through the tiny metropolitan scenes and use a range of devices - a camera flash, drawing pins and loudspeakers, for example - to shock the annoying locals into dropping their coins.
    • They included 12 reports of staff being attacked by patients, in one case with a walking stick and in another the patient stuck drawing pins into the worker.
    Synonyms
    pin, nail, tin tack, staple, spike, rivet, stud
 
 
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