英语词汇“pinion”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

pinionpinion1 /ˈpɪnyən/ verb

VERB TABLE

pinion

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	pinion
	he, she, it	pinions
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	pinioned
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have pinioned
	he, she, it	has pinioned
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had pinioned
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will pinion
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have pinioned

Continuous Form
Present	I	am pinioning
	he, she, it	is pinioning
	you, we, they	are pinioning
Past	I, he, she, it	was pinioning
	you, we, they	were pinioning
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been pinioning
	he, she, it	has been pinioning
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been pinioning
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be pinioning
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been pinioning

1[transitive always + adv./prep.] to hold or tie up someone’s arms or legs very tightly so that he or she cannot move freely: Her arms were pinioned tightly behind her.2[transitive usually passive] technical to cut off the big strong feathers from a bird’s wings so that it cannot fly

verb | noun

pinionpinion2 noun [countable] technical

ETYMOLOGYpinion²

Origin: 1600-1700 French pignon, from peigne comb

1a small wheel, with tooth-like parts on its outer edge, that fits into a larger wheel and turns it or is turned by it → see also rack-and-pinion steering2a bird’s wing, especially the outer part, where the strongest flying feathers grow