单词 | drawing pin |
释义 | drawing pin (once / 695254 pages) n WORD FAMILY drawing pin: drawing pins USAGE EXAMPLESBut the English-speaking world can’t even agree on stationery nomenclature: Brits call thumb tacks drawing pins and refer to erasers as rubbers. Slate(May 07, 2015) The saboteur spread the drawing pins on a "fast descent" just before a 180 degree hairpin bend. BBC(Oct 05, 2014) As its name suggests, the "drawing pin" was originally used by draughtsmen to hold down the drawings they were working on. BBC(Sep 10, 2014) n a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board Syn|Hyper pushpin, thumbtack paper fastener a fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place tacka short nail with a sharp point and a large head |
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