Tra từ pin - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pin [pin pins pinned pinning] noun, verb BrE [pɪn] NAmE [pɪn]
noun

FOR FASTENING/JOINING
1. a short thin piece of stiff wire with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used especially for fastening together pieces of cloth when sewing
see also ↑bobby pin, ↑drawing pin, ↑hairpin, ↑linchpin, ↑pins and needles, ↑safety pin

JEWELLERY
2. a short thin piece of stiff wire with a sharp point at one end and an item of decoration at the other, worn as jewellery
•a diamond pin
see also ↑tiepin
3. (especially NAmE) = ↑brooch

BADGE
4. (especially NAmE)a type of ↑badge that is fastened with a pin at the back
•He supports the group and wears its pin on his lapel.

MEDICAL
5. a piece of steel used to support a bone in your body when it has been broken
•The pin in her spine will have to be changed as she grows.

ELECTRICAL
6. one of the metal parts that stick out of an electric plug and fit into a ↑socket
•a 2-pin plug

IN GAMES
7. a wooden or plastic object that is shaped like a bottle and that players try to knock down in games such as ↑bowling
see also ↑ninepins, ↑tenpin

IN GOLF
8. a stick with a flag on top of it, placed in a hole so that players can see where they are aiming for
•The ball stopped five feet short of the pin.

LEGS
9. pinsplural (informal)a person's legs
•He's not as quick on his pins as he used to be.

ON SMALL BOMB
10. a small piece of metal on a ↑hand grenade that stops it from exploding and is pulled out just before the ↑hand grenade is thrown
see also ↑linchpin
more at you could/can hear a pin drop at ↑hear

Word Origin:
late Old English pinn, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pin ‘pin, peg’, from Latin pinna ‘point, tip, edge’.

Example Bank:
•an American flag lapel pin
•Can I borrow a safety pin? My button's come off and I need something to hold my shirt closed.
•Fasten the baby's nappy with a safety pin.
•Use pins to keep the patch in place while you sew it on.
Idioms: ↑for two pins ▪ ↑pin your faith on somebody ▪ ↑pin your hopes on somebody
Derived: ↑pin somebody down ▪ ↑pin something down ▪ ↑pin something on somebody

verb (-nn-)

FASTEN/JOIN
1. ~ sth + adv./prep. to attach sth onto another thing or fasten things together with a pin, etc
• She pinned the badge onto her jacket.
• A message had been pinned to the noticeboard.
•Pin all the pieces of material together.
•She always wears her hair pinned back.

PREVENT MOVEMENT
2. ~ sb/sth + adv./prep. to make sb unable to move by holding them or pressing them against sth
•They pinned him against a wall and stole his wallet.
•He grabbed her arms and pinned them to her sides.
•They found him pinned under the wreckage of the car.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Old English pinn, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pin ‘pin, peg’, from Latin pinna ‘point, tip, edge’.

Example Bank:
•He pinned her against the wall.
•He was pinned down on the floor.
•Her hair was pinned back.
•His arms were pinned behind his back.
•Maps were pinned to the walls.
•She carefully pinned the two pieces of cloth together.
•She was pinned helplessly to the desk.
•The difference between the two approaches is hard to pin down precisely.
•The poster had been pinned onto a large board.
•pictures pinned up on the walls