pin 1 S3 / pɪn / 名词 [可数名词]

1 for joining/fastening

a) a short thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end, used especially for fastening together pieces of cloth while making clothes

b) a thin piece of metal used to fasten things together, especially broken bones

2 jewellery American English a piece of metal, sometimes containing jewels, that you fasten to your clothes to wear as a decoration 同义词 brooch British English

3 electrical British English one of the pieces of metal that sticks out of an electric plug :

a three-pin plug

4

bowling one of the bottle-shaped objects that you try to knock down in a game of bowling

5 you could hear a pin drop spoken used to say that it is very quiet and no one is speaking

6 part of bomb a short piece of metal which you pull out of a hand grenade to make it explode a short time later

7 golf a metal stick with a flag at the top which marks the holes on a golf course

8 for two pins I’d … British English old-fashioned used to say that you would like to do something to someone because they have annoyed you :

For two pins, I’d just send them all home.

9 pins [复数形式] British English informal legs

→ drawing pin , pin money , pins and needles ( 1 ) , rolling pin , safety pin