a short thin piece of metal that looks like a small nail, used for fastening together pieces of cloth, paper, etc.
a quite short thin piece of metal, pointed at one end and with a decoration at the other
peg of wood or metal for various special purposes
clip on a hand grenade that stops it from exploding
legs
fasten or join with a pin or pins
keep in one position, especially by weight from above
"fever left him weak on his sticks"
"The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
"pin the needle to the shirt"
"pin the blame on the innocent man"
"pin down the butterfly"
Ernestina stared..at his dark blue cravat with its pearl pin.
出自: J. Fowles
Fingering her hair and fastening a stray piece with a pin.
出自: N. Lowndes
Pinning a ten shilling note to the letter.
出自: P. Mortimer
Where there is more than one ticket they are pinned together.
出自: J. D. Hamilton
窃贼们把他的手臂按在他身体的两侧,然后搜他的衣袋。
They pinned him against the wall.
他们把他按到墙上。
He was pinned against the fence by a boy twice his size. He could hardly breathe.
他被一个身材两倍于他的男孩按在篱笆上,使他喘不过气来。
那条狗的耳朵向后支着,倾听细微的声响。
我们应该用助攻部队来牵制住敌人的几个纵队。
The man was pinned down by a fallen beam.
那人被一根倒下的梁木压住了。
We were pinned down by the enemy fire.
我们被敌人的炮火压住了。
The soldier was pinned down in the hole because rifle bullets were flying over his head.
那个士兵被困在洞里,子弹正在他头顶乱飞。 pin sb ⇔ down
Jackson says he will call a meeting, but we cannot pin him down about a date.
杰克逊说他要召开一个会议,但我们不能使他说出准确的日期。
I won't pin you down to a particular day; just come whenever you're free.
我不想让你定下确切的日子,你什么时候有空就过来。
If I can find the letter in which he promised to make a contribution,I'll pin him down to it.
如果我能找到他答应捐款的那封信,我一定要他履行诺言。 pin sb/sth ⇔ down
I can't pin her down, but I've seen her before.
我说不清她是谁,但我曾经见过她。
I seem to recognize the quotation, but I can't pin it down to its author.
引用的这段话我似乎见过,但记不清作者是谁了。
The police tried to pin down the blame for the fire in the school.
警方设法弄清学校失火的责任。
It is difficult to pin down the exact meaning of this word.
很难确定这个词的确切含义。
There is a tune going around my head, but I can't pin it down.
我头脑中回荡着一支乐曲旋律,然而我却说不出它出自哪首曲子。
There was a lot of noise coming from the classroom.but I couldn't pin it down to any particular group of students.
教室里传来一片哄闹声,但我很难辨出是哪些学生发出的。
At last we were able to pin the trouble down to a fault in the machine.
最后,我们终于找到了症结所在,是机器里面出了毛病。
你去皇宫接受十字勋章时,女王会亲自为你别上勋章。
Be careful with that dress; it's only pinned on.
当心那件衣服,它只是用针别上去的。
他把一枚徽章别在外套上。
She pinned the pattern on the cloth.
她用针把图样别在布料上。
We pinned the notice on the blackboard.
我们把通知固定在黑板上。 pin sth on sb
In order to save their own skins they sought to pin the crime on an innocent person.
为了安全地逃脱,他们把罪名加在一个无辜的人身上。
Don't try to pin the blame on me; I didn't do it.
别企图把这个责任推给我,我没干。
The bank manager was really to blame, but he tried to pin it on a clerk.
银行经理实际上应该受到责备,但是他想把责任推到一名职员身上。
We know that he did it, but it would be difficult to pin it on him since there is no witness.
我们知道这事是他干的,但由于没有证人,要归罪于他是困难的。
This affair will be pinned on one of us if we are not careful.
如果我们不谨慎的话,这件事的责任会落在我们其中一个人的身上。
爸爸取出一枚别针,将花别在她的外衣上。
The tree fell, pinning him to the ground.
树倒了,把他压在地上动弹不得。
The notice was pinned to the wall.
通知钉在墙上。
把账单别在一起以防遗失。
All the papers are pinned together.
所有的文件都别在一起了。
火车出了轨,一些旅客被压在车厢下。
The boy's leg was pinned under the car after the accident.
事故后那男孩的腿被压在车下动弹不得。
The car was pinned under a fallen tree.
汽车被倒下的树压住了。
她在领子那儿用一枚别针把睡衣别住。