单词 | pinpointing |
释义 | pin /pin/noun
ORIGIN: OE pinn, prob from L pinna a feather, a pinnacle pinnˈer noun
pinnˈing noun
pinˈball noun
pinˈboard noun A board for pinning notices, pictures, etc on pinˈ-buttˈock noun (Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well) A sharp, pointed buttock pinˈcase noun (obsolete). pin curl noun A lock of hair made to curl by winding it around one's finger, etc, and securing it with a hairpin pinˈcushion noun A small pad for holding pins pinˈdown noun A discredited technique for controlling and disciplining disruptive children, esp teenagers, in residential care, involving solitary confinement and removal of clothing other than nightwear or underwear, and sometimes physical punishment and mental harassment (also adjective) pinˈ-dust noun Brass filings, a product of pin-making pinˈ-eyed adjective (botany) Long-styled, with the stigma like a pinhead in the throat of the corolla (esp of a Primula) pin feather noun A young, unexpanded feather pinˈ-feathered adjective pinˈ-fire adjective (of a firearm) discharged by a pin driven into the fulminate pinˈfish noun A spiny fish of various kinds pinˈhead noun
pinˈhole noun A hole for or made by a pin, or such as a pin might make pinhole camera noun pinhole glasses plural noun Spectacles, consisting of a usu plastic opaque lens with many perforations, considered beneficial in improving a variety of visual defects by reducing the amount of light reaching the eye pinhole photography noun The taking of photographs by the use of a pinhole instead of a lens pinˈhooker noun (slang) A speculator who buys up foals hoping to make a profit on them when selling them as yearlings for racing pinˈ-leg noun (Scot) A wooden leg pinˈ-maker noun pinˈ-making noun pinˈ-man noun
pin money noun
pinˈpoint noun
transitive verb To place or define very exactly pinˈprick noun
pinˈstripe noun
pinˈstriped adjective
pinˈtable noun A pinball machine pinˈtail noun
pinˈtailed adjective Having a long, narrow tail pin tuck noun A very narrow ornamental tuck pinˈ-up adjective (of a person) such as might have their portrait pinned up on a wall for admiration noun
pinˈwheel noun
pinˈworm noun A parasitic nematode a merry pin (archaic) A merry mood on pins and needles In agitated expectancy pin and web (Shakespeare) A disease of the eye, appar cataract, characterized by a small excrescence like a pin-head, and a film (also web and pin) pin down
pin it on or pin it onto (someone) To blame it on (someone), prove (someone) responsible for something pin one's faith or hopes on To count, rely or bank solely on pin on one's sleeve (obsolete) To make entirely dependent on oneself, or at one's disposal pins and needles A tingling feeling in one's arm, hand, leg or foot, due to impeded circulation (see also on pins and needles above) |
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