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a short thin piece of stiff wire with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used especially for fastening together pieces of cloth when sewing 大頭針 Use pins to keep the patch in place while you sew it on. 打補丁時用大頭針把布塊别住。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- safety
- bobby
- hair
- …
- drive in
- insert
- stick in
- …
a short thin piece of stiff wire with a sharp point at one end and an item of decoration at the other, worn as jewellery 胸針；飾針 a diamond pin 一枚鑽石胸針
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- safety
- bobby
- hair
- …
- drive in
- insert
- stick in
- …
- (especially North American English) (also brooch especially in British English)
a piece of jewellery with a pin on the back of it, that can be fastened to your clothes （有别針的）徽章 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lapel
- flag
- wear
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a type of badge that is fastened with a pin at the back （有别針的）徽章 He supports the group and wears its pin on his lapel. 他支持這個團體，爲此在翻領上佩戴該團體的徽章。 an American flag lapel pin 美國國旗徽章
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lapel
- flag
- wear
a piece of steel used to support a bone in your body when it has been broken （接骨用的）鋼釘 The pin in her spine will have to be changed as she grows. 随着她的成長，她脊柱上的别針必須更換。
one of the metal parts that stick out of an electric plug and fit into a socket （插頭的）銷 a 2-pin plug 雙芯插頭
a wooden or plastic object that is like a bottle in shape and that players try to knock down in games such as bowling （保齡球等的）木瓶，瓶柱 
a stick with a flag on top of it, placed in a hole so that players can see where they are aiming for 旗杆 The ball stopped five feet short of the pin. 球停在離大頭針5英尺的地方。
- pins[plural] (informal)
a person’s legs （人的）雙腿 He’s not as quick on his pins as he used to be. 他不像以前那樣敏捷了。
a small piece of metal on a hand grenade that stops it from exploding and is pulled out just before the hand grenade is thrown （手榴彈上的）保險栓，保險針
for fastening/joining用於固定／連接
jewellery首飾
badge徽章
medical醫療
electrical電器
in games遊戲
in golf高爾夫球
legs腿
on small bomb小炸彈上
Word Originlate Old English pinn, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pin ‘pin, peg’, from Latin pinna ‘point, tip, edge’.
Idioms
be on pins and needles (North American English)
(also (be) on tenterhooks British and North American English)
(to be) very anxious or excited while you are waiting to find out something or see what will happen 坐立不安；如坐針氈 I've been on pins and needles all week waiting for the results. 我整個星期都如坐針氈地等待結果。
for two pins
you could hear a pin drop