| 词组 | pin |
| 释义 | pin Theme: LEGS n. someone's leg. (Usually plural.)My pins are a little wobbly.Stand up on your pins and speak your mind. Theme: PEOPLE - IMPORTANT n. an important criminal leader.The pin sent me. He says you're to come with me.The mob's getting careless. The cops think they caught the pin this time. pin Ⅰ 1. noun 1 the leg or foot. Usually in the plural UK, 1530. 2 a hypodermic syringe and needle used for the injection of narcotics US, 1973. 3 a very thin marijuana cigarette US, 1967. 4 a person who serves as a lookout US, 1992⇨ See: PIN POSITION 2. verb 1 to scrutinise someone or something to look at someone or something intently US, 1965. 2 to inject a drug UK, 2003. 3 to tattoo something with improvised equipment US, 1972. 4 (from the male perspective) to have sex UK, 1961.► pin for homeon the railways, to leave work and go home US, 1977.► pin onto fix the blame on someone UK, 1979.► pin one onto consume a drink AUSTRALIA, 1957 Ⅱ ⇨ pin position; pin noun the front position in an authorised taxi rank UK, 1977 pin down 1. pin down sth • pin sth down to understand or explain exactly what something is or what it is like: The company is keen to review its recent performance and pin down some of the problem areas. Bobby heard a voice at the door which brought back some distant memory, but he couldn't quite pin it down.be difficult/hard/impossible to pin down It is estimated that there are about 5 million illegal immigrants in the US, but the numbers are impossible to pin down.■ SIMILAR TO: identify2. pin sb down • pin down sb to make someone give you exact details or make a definite decision about something, especially when they have been trying to avoid doing this: I never know where Bernard is these days - it's impossible to pin him down.+ to They've been promising to meet us for ages, but I can't pin them down to a date.■ SIMILAR TO: nail down3. pin sb down • pin down sb to force someone to stay in a particular position by holding them down so that they cannot move: He had the child pinned down on the grass.4. pin down sb • pin sb down to prevent enemy soldiers from escaping by surrounding the area where they are: The plan was to head straight for Kuwait City, and pin down the Iraqis there. pin on/upon ! Pin upon is more formal than pin on and is mostly used in writing1. pin sth on/upon sb if you pin the blame for something on someone, you say that they are responsible for something bad that has happened, often when this is not true: Don't try to pin the blame on me. The president was trying to pin the economic problems on Republican lawmakers.■ SIMILAR TO: stick on BrE informal2. pin sth on/upon sb if you pin a crime on someone, you accuse them of having done it, often when this is not true: Lawmen and prosecutors, desperate to please the public, pinned the murders on Sharif. "I don't know anything about a burglary," the boy said. "You can't pin it on me."3. pin your hopes/faith on sb/sth if you pin your hopes on something or someone, you hope very much that something will happen successfully or someone will help you, because your plans depend on it: The company says it's pinning its hopes on new products to increase its profits. Charles needed someone to do him a favour, and he was pinning his hopes on Guy. pin up 1. pin sth up • pin up sth to fasten a picture, note, photograph etc to a wall: A photograph of her son was pinned up by her desk. There's a postcard from Joe - I'll pin it up over here.pin-up n C a photograph of an attractive famous person, that people stick on their walls, or a person who appears in one of these photographs: Leonardo Di Caprio, the latest teenage pin-up a pin-up girl2. pin up sb's hair if a woman pins up her hair, she puts it up on her head and fixes it there with pins, instead of letting it hang down around her shoulders.: Karin found it easier to keep her hair tidy if she wore it pinned up. pin upon ► see pin on pin1. n. someone’s leg. (Usually plural.) Stand up on your pins and speak your mind. 2. n. an important criminal leader. (From kingpin.) The mob’s getting careless. The cops think they caught the pin this time.
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