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单词 pin
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pinnoun [ C ]

uk/pɪn/us/pɪn/

pin noun [ C ] (METAL STICK)

B1 a small thin piece of metal with a point at one end, especially used for temporarily holding pieces of cloth together:

I'll keep the trouser patch in place with pins while I sew it on.

a thin piece of metal:

If you pull the pin out of a hand-grenade, it'll explode.
a two-pin/three-pin electrical plug
Doctors inserted a metal pin in his leg to hold the bones together.

a decorative object, used as jewellery:

a hat/tie pin

US a brooch

More examples

  • He stuck up a notice on the board with pins.
  • She'd used some pins to hold the seam together.
  • I've not stitched the hem yet, it's just held up with pins.
  • Don't prick yourself on those pins.
  • They had to insert a pin into his knee joint.

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Knitting & sewing

  • appliqué
  • backing
  • baste
  • bind
  • bobbin
  • bodkin
  • cable stitch
  • handknitted
  • hem
  • knit
  • knitter
  • knitting
  • needle
  • seamstress
  • sew sth up
  • sewing
  • sewing machine
  • shorten
  • stitch
  • tack

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Pins, clips, hooks & pegs
Jewellery

pin noun [ C ] (LEG)

[ usually plural ] old-fashioned humorous a leg:

Grandpa's very old now and he's very shaky on his pins.

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The leg

  • Achilles tendon
  • appendage
  • appendicular
  • crural
  • cruris
  • gastrocnemius
  • gemellus
  • hamstring
  • haunch
  • leggy
  • peroneal
  • peroneus
  • pes anserinus
  • piriformis
  • popliteal
  • subsartorial
  • subtalar
  • surae
  • sural
  • talocalcaneal

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pin noun [ C ] (IN CHESS)

specialized games In the game of chess, a pin is a special move that stops the other player from moving one of their pieces, because to move it will put another more valuable piece in danger:

That nasty pin stopped me from moving my knight.

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Board games

  • backgammon
  • bishop
  • blitz
  • board game
  • castle
  • Chinese chequers
  • Chutes and Ladders
  • counter
  • defence
  • draught
  • endgame
  • forfeit
  • gambit
  • opening
  • pawn
  • queen
  • queenside
  • resign
  • square
  • stalemate

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Idiom(s)

be on pins and needles

pinverb

uk/pɪn/us/pɪn/-nn-

pin verb (METAL STICK)

B1 [ T + adv/prep ] to fasten something with a pin:

A large picture of the president was pinned to/(up) on the office wall.
She had pinned up her beautiful long hair.

[ T ] US old-fashioned When a young man pins a young woman, he gives her a piece of jewellery to show that they love each other.

More examples

  • A flower was pinned to her lapel.
  • She'd pinned a brooch on her jacket.
  • He pinned a notice on the board.
  • We're not allowed to pin anything on these walls.
  • He had a red ribbon pinned to his collar.

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Fastening and tying

  • anchor
  • attach
  • be locked together idiom
  • board sth up
  • bolt
  • bound
  • bow 1
  • buckle
  • buckle up
  • hobble
  • ligature
  • mount
  • nail
  • put sth up
  • reef knot
  • rivet
  • rope
  • twist tie
  • tying
  • yoke

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Relationships: finding a partner

pin verb (STOP MOVEMENT)

[ T + adv/prep ] to force someone or something to stay in a particular place by putting weight on him, her, or it:

She was pinned (down) under a pile of rubble.
A guy leaped out at me and pinned me (up) against the wall.

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Capturing or taking possession of things

  • -grabbing
  • apprehend
  • apprehension
  • arrogate
  • at bay idiom
  • cage
  • capture
  • catch
  • clutch
  • collar
  • corner
  • entangle
  • get your claws into sb idiom
  • get/lay/put your hands on sb idiom
  • grab
  • repo man
  • seize
  • sequester
  • snag
  • snatch

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Idiom(s)

pin back your ears
pin your hopes on sth/sb

Phrasal verb(s)

pin sb down
pin sth down
pin sth on sb

PINnoun [ C ]

uk/pɪn/us/pɪn/also PIN number

abbreviation for personal identification number : a secret number that a person uses together with a special card to get money from their bank account out of a machine, or when paying by credit card

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Banks

  • bank
  • building society
  • central bank
  • clearing house
  • credit
  • credit union
  • deposit
  • e-bank
  • exchange rate
  • financial services
  • foreign exchange
  • gnome
  • merchant bank
  • pay
  • personal identification number
  • rate of exchange
  • savings and loan association
  • statement
  • the IMF
  • thrift

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