pin

名词 pin:

1. a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
2. when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
   同义词：fall
3. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
   同义词：peg
4. a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts
   同义词：personal identification number, PIN number
5. informal terms of the leg
   同义词：peg, stick
6. axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
   同义词：pivot
7. cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
8. flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
   同义词：flag
9. a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
10. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
    同义词：peg, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock
11. a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target
    同义词：bowling pin

动词 pin:

1. to hold fast or prevent from moving
   同义词：trap, immobilize, immobilise
2. attach or fasten with pins
3. pierce with a pin
4. immobilize a piece

1. He was pinned down by his attackers.
   袭击他的人把他按住了。
2. She's a difficult person to pin down.
   她这人行事、说话没个准儿。
3. The bank manager was really to blame, though he tried to pin it on a clerk.
   真正受责备的应该是银行经理，可是他却想把责任推到一个职员身上。
4. He pinned the notice to the board.
   他把通知钉在布告牌上。
5. I bought a tie pin for my husband yesterday.
   昨天我给丈夫买了一支领带别针。
6. The general pinned the medal on the soldier's chest.
   将军把奖章别在这位士兵的胸前。

pin

n.（名词）

A short, straight, stiff piece of wire with a blunt head and a sharp point, used especially for fastening.
大头针：一种一头钝一头尖的短、直、硬的铁丝，常用于固定他物
Something, such as a safety pin, that resembles such a piece of wire in shape or use.
别针：象安全别针这样的东西，外形或用途类似一根铁丝
A whit; a jot:
小东西，小事：无价值的小东西；小事：
例句：
didn`t care a pin about the matter.
一点也不关心这事情

A slender, usually cylindrical piece of wood or metal for holding or fastening parts together, or serving as a support for suspending one thing from another, as:
销子，钉子：一种细长且常为圆柱形的木制或金属物，用来使各部位固定或使一物悬于另一物，比如：
A thin rod for securing the ends of fractured bones.
不锈钢钉：一种固定裂开骨头的末端的细钉
A peg for fixing the crown to the root of a tooth.
牙钉：用来将牙冠固定在牙根上的钉子
A cotter pin.
扁销
The part of a key stem entering a lock.
（钥匙）插入锁孔部分
Music One of the pegs securing the strings and regulating their tension on a stringed instrument.
【音乐】 弦轴，琴轸：用来固定弦或调弦的松紧的部分
Nautical A belaying pin.
【航海】 系索栓
Nautical A thole pin.
【航海】 桨栓
An ornament fastened to clothing by means of a clasp.
别针：一种别在衣物上的饰物
A rolling pin.
擀面杖
Sports
【体育运动】
One of the wooden clubs at which the ball is aimed in bowling.
木柱、球栏：保龄球中标球的木杆之一
A flagstick.
旗杆
See fall
参见 fall
pins Informal The legs:
pins 【非正式用语】 腿：双腿：
例句：
spry for his age, and steady on his pins.
虽老却步足稳健

Electronics A lead on a device that plugs into a socket to connect the device to a system.
【电子学】 插头：一种设备的头部，插入插座中可使该设备与一系统相联
Computer Science
【计算机科学】
Any of the pegs on the platen of a printer, which engage holes at the edges of paper.
插针：打印机压纸卷筒上的针，可在纸张边缘打孔
Any of the styluses that form a dot matrix on a printer.
插针：一种在打印机上能形成点阵的触针
v.tr.（及物动词）
pinned,pin.ning,pins
To fasten or secure with or as if with a pin or pins.
用别针别住：用别针或象是用别针固定住
To transfix.
钉住：刺穿、钉住
To place in a position of trusting dependence:
依附于：信赖性地附属于：
例句：
He pinned his faith on an absurdity.
他迷信荒唐

To hold fast; immobilize:
使…困住；使不动：
例句：
The passenger was pinned under the wreckage of the truck.
卡车翻车后，乘客被卡住

Sports To win a fall from in wrestling.
【体育运动】 摔倒在地：摔跤中，将对方摔在地而获胜
To give (a woman) a fraternity pin in token of attachment.
送作定情物：将自己大学联谊会会徽送（女人）作为定情物
adj.（形容词）
Having a grain suggestive of the heads of pins. Used of leather.
具有针头似小点的：用于皮革，指有针头似小点的

<常用词组>pin down
To fix or establish clearly:
控制住：清楚地固定或建立：
例句：
was finally able to pin down the cause of the disease.
最后终于确定病因

To force (someone) to give firm opinions or precise information:
强求承诺：强迫某人提供确定意见或正确信息：
例句：
The reporter pinned the governor down on the issue of capital punishment.
记者强求州长在死刑问题上发表确切看法

pin on
To attribute (a wrongdoing or crime):
归罪：将错事或罪行归于…：
例句：
The murder was pinned on the wrong defendant.
被告被错误地定了谋杀之罪

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English pinn
源自 古英语 pinn
perhaps from Latin pinna [feather] * see pet-
可能源自 拉丁语 pinna [羽毛] *参见 pet-