pawnnoun詞源 1/ˈpɔːn/

• 1

  The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.

  • All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.
• 2

  An instance of pawning something.

  • Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown.
  • As therefore the morning devv, is a pavvne of the evenings fatneſſe, ſo, O Lord, let this daies comfort be the earneſt of to morrowes, […]
• 3

  archaicAn item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.

  • My life I never held but as a pawn / To wage against thy enemies.
  • Brokers, takers of pawns, biting userers, I will not admit; yet […] I will tolerate some kind of usery.
• 4

  rareA pawnshop; pawnbroker.

pawnverb詞源 1/ˈpɔːn/

• 1

  To pledge; to stake or wager.

• 2

  To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.

  • A certain, and probably an appreciable, proportion of his so-called money at call and short notice would consist of fortnightly advances made to members of the Stock Exchange against pawned stocks and shares.
  • But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it, babe.

pawnnoun詞源 2/ˈpɔːn/

• 1

  board-gameschessgamesThe most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.

  • The pawn may move forward to the square immediately in front of it on the same file, provided that this square is unoccupied […] Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks.
• 2

  A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.

  • Near-synonym: chess piece
  • Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.

pawnnoun詞源 4/ˈpɔːn/

• 1

  A gallery.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• paan
• pwn