pawn

英 [pɔːn] 美 [pɔːn]

• n. 典当； 抵押物； 人质； (国际象棋中)卒
• vt. 典当； 以 ... 为担保

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 人质
2. 兵，卒，走卒
3. 抵押品，当出物，典当物
4. 典，当，押
5. 爪牙，工具，被利用的人
6. 典当的状态

v. 动词

1. 抵押，典当，质押，把...抵押出去
2. <喻>用…作担保，拿作保证

英英释义

Noun:

1. an article deposited as security

2. a person used by another to gain an end

3. (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank

4. borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan

Verb:

1. leave as a guarantee in return for money;

   "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He tried by every means to redeem the pawn.
   他千方百计要赎回典当物。
2. He had nothing left that he could pawn.
   他再也没有什么可以典当的东西了。
3. To make matters worse, Tien is used as a pawn in the battle.
   更糟糕的是，天津饭也被抓来当作了人质。
4. This was sacrificing a pawn to save a rook.
   这是丢卒保车。
5. When promoting a pawn, the player must announce which piece is chosen.
   当卒走到对方阵营，棋手必须宣告下一步走哪个棋。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. He tried by every means to redeem the pawn.
   他千方百计要赎回典当物。
2. A fair pawn never shamed his master.
   公平的典当从来不使物主丢脸。

经典引文

• Inexcusable to use these refugees as political pawns.

  出自： B. Castle

• Redeem one of the innumerable suits..he has in pawn.

  出自：Blackwood's Magazine

词汇搭配

• pawn shop 当铺
• in pawn 押出典当中
• pawn receipt [法] 抵押凭据, ...
• pawn promotion 兵的升变
• pawn office 当铺
• fixed pawn 固定兵
• pawn broking 典当
• pawn sacrifice 弃兵
• at pawn 在抵押中; 已典当...
• pawn formation 兵形
• passed pawn 通路兵
• double pawn (重)叠兵
• single pawn 单兵
• pawn ticket 当票
• backward pawn 落后兵
• pawn one's word 口头担保
• pawn one's life 以生命保证

近反义词

【近义词】

• pledge 发誓
• hock 肘关节
• deposit 放置
• wager 赌注
• trade in 以旧换新
• put up 放
• forfeit 没收物
• stake 桩
• counter 柜台
• hostage 人质
• security 安全
• soak 使浸透
• instrument 仪器
• cat's-paw 微风