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這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 sewing pin · PIN code (bank)

PIN · pin

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pin

n, v

核心畫面

Picture a short, thin piece of metal with a sharp point — you push it through cloth or paper to hold things together. A pin is that small, slender, pointed shaft whose whole job is to or hold something in place. Almost everything else is either another kind of thin pointed shaft (a plug pin, a grenade pin, a golf pin) or comes from the action of pinning something so it cannot move.

可以想成一根短短細細、頂端有尖點的金屬：你把它穿過布或紙，好把東西固定在一起。pin 的核心畫面可以想成這根「細長、…更多收起可以想成一根短短細細、頂端有尖點的金屬：你把它穿過布或紙，好把東西固定在一起。pin 的核心畫面可以想成這根「細長、有尖點、用來別住或固定」的小金屬棒。其他用法幾乎都從這裡長出來——要嘛是另一種細長尖棒（插頭的腳、手榴彈的插銷、高爾夫旗桿），要嘛來自「把東西別住、按住使它動不了」這個動作。

A second word, same spelling

2

PIN

組成An acronym: Personal Identification Number.

原始詞典資料37 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

pinnoun詞源 1/pɪn/

  • 1

    A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.

    • With pins of adamant / And chains they made all fast.
  • 2

    A small nail with a head and a sharp point.

  • 3

    A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.

    • Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.
  • 4

    governmenthobbieslifestyleThe victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.

  • 5

    A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.

  • 6

    informalA leg.

    • I'm not so good on my pins these days.
  • 7

    businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityAny of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.

    • The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins.
  • 8

    A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.

另外 16 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.

  • 10

    board-gameschessgamesEither a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.

  • 11

    golfhobbieslifestyleThe flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole

  • 12

    ball-gamescurlinggamesThe spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)

    • The shot landed right on the pin.
  • 13

    archerygovernmenthobbiesThe spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.

    • For kings are clouts that euery man ſhoots at, Our Crowne the pin that thouſands ſeeke to cleaue.
    • the very pin of his heart cleft
  • 14

    obsoleteA mood, a state of being.

    • Hee sett Promethius, on a merrye pynn, / Whoe dranke soe devillishly, that there he gott / A terrible heartburninge, […]
    • he had made the sign of the Cross on his head; for he was then on a merry pin and full of jearing
  • 15

    One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.

  • 16

    obsoletemedicinesciencesCaligo.

    • Blind with the pin and web
  • 17

    A thing of small value; a trifle.

    • He […] did not care a pin for her.
  • 18

    A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.

  • 19

    engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.

  • 20

    The tenon of a dovetail joint.

  • 21

    beveragesbrewingbusinessA size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.

    • Our ground crew were lodged in the main station, but they came to the cottage for a party when operations for the night had been cancelled and we had a new ‘gong’ (decoration) to celebrate. On these occasions we always installed a pin of bitter.
  • 22

    informalA pinball machine.

    • I spent most of my time in the arcade playing pins.
    • Attracted by game operation, many invested heavily in pins and rolldowns prior to last spring.
  • 23

    A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.

  • 24

    slangbodybuildinghobbieslifestyleAn injection of PEDs.

pinverb詞源 1/pɪn/

  • 1

    To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.

  • 2

    board-gameschessgamesTo cause (a piece) to be in a pin.

  • 3

    governmenthobbieslifestyleTo pin down (someone).

    • He pinned his opponent on the mat.
  • 4

    To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

  • 5

    computingengineeringgraphical-user-interfaceTo attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.

    • to pin a folder to the taskbar
  • 6

    computingengineeringmathematicsTo fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.

    • When marshaling data, the interop marshaler can copy or pin the data being marshaled.
    • […] you can use the GCHandle class mentioned earlier to pin a heap block until you explicitly unpin it.
  • 7

    To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.

    • Now I need to pin those needles.
  • 8

    slangbodybuildinghobbieslifestyleTo inject for performance enhancement.

另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    backgammongamesTo move a piece onto a blot, preventing the piece from further movement.

pinnoun詞源 3/pɪn/

  • 1

    A cataract of the eye.

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。