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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 大头针 Use pins to keep the patch in place while you sew it on. 打补丁时用大头针把布块别住。
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 胸针；饰针 a diamond pin 一枚钻石胸针
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 （有别针的）徽章 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lapel
- flag
- wear
- (especially North American English)
a type of badge that is fastened with a pin at the back （有别针的）徽章 He supports the group and wears its pin on his lapel. 他支持这个团体，为此在翻领上佩戴该团体的徽章。 an American flag lapel pin 美国国旗徽章
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）钢钉 The pin in her spine will have to be changed as she grows. 随着她的成长，她脊柱上的别针必须更换。
one of the metal parts that stick out of an electric plug and fit into a socket （插头的）销 a 2-pin plug 双芯插头
a wooden or plastic object that is like a bottle in shape and that players try to knock down in games such as bowling （保龄球等的）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. 球停在离大头针5英尺的地方。
- pins[plural] (informal)
a person’s legs （人的）双腿 He’s not as quick on his pins as he used to be. 他不像以前那样敏捷了。
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 （手榴弹上的）保险栓，保险针
for fastening/joining用于固定／连接
jewellery首饰
badge徽章
medical医疗
electrical电器
in games游戏
in golf高尔夫球
legs腿
on small bomb小炸弹上
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；如坐针毡 I've been on pins and needles all week waiting for the results. 我整个星期都如坐针毡地等待结果。
for two pins
you could hear a pin drop