pin

1. N-COUNT Pins are very small thin pointed pieces of metal. They are used in sewing to fasten pieces of material together until they have been sewn. 別針

...a box of needles and pins. …一盒縫衣針和別針。

2. V-T If you pin something on or to something, you attach it with a pin, a safety pin or a thumbtack. 用別針別住; 用圖釘釘住

They pinned a notice to the door. 他們把通知釘在門上。

Everyone was supposed to dance with the bride and pin money on her dress. 每個人都應該和新娘跳舞并把錢別在她的衣服上。

3. V-T If someone pins you to something, they press you against a surface so that you cannot move. 按住; 使不能動彈

I pinned him against the wall. 我把他按在墻上。

I'd try to get away and he'd pin me down, saying he would kill me. 我會試圖逃走，而他會把我按倒，說要殺了我。

4. N-COUNT A pin is any long narrow piece of metal or wood that is not sharp, especially one that is used to fasten two things together. (把兩件物品固定在一起的) 銷; 釘; 栓

...the 18-inch steel pin holding his left leg together. …將他的左腿固定起來的18英寸長的鋼釘。

5. V-T If someone tries to pin something on you or to pin the blame on you, they say, often unfairly, that you were responsible for something bad or illegal. 把…歸罪于

They're trying to pin it on us. 他們正試圖把這件事歸罪于我們。

6. V-T If you pin your hopes on something or pin your faith on something, you hope very much that it will produce the result you want. 寄 (希望、信念) 于

The Democrats are pinning their hopes on the next election. 民主黨人正寄希望于下一次選舉。

7. N-COUNT A pin is something worn on your clothing, for example, as jewellery, which is fastened with a pointed piece of metal. 胸針[美國英語]

...necklaces, bracelets, and pins. …項鏈、手鐲和胸針。

8. →see also safety pin