大頭針：pin有幾種意思

This pin. Two people. This is gold. Two more people. He would have given me two for it, at least one. One more person. A person, Stern. For this.

——Schindler‘s List

這個別針。兩個人。這是金制的。兩個更多的人。他可以在多給我兩個人，至少有一個。一個更多的人。一個人。斯特恩。爲了這個。

——《辛德勒的名單》

一、你知道pin有幾種含義嗎？

abbr.

(= Personal Identification Number) 個人識別碼，密碼 the abbreviation for 'personal identification number' (a number given to you, for example by a bank, so that you can use a plastic card to take out money from a cash machine)

Please enter your PIN.

請輸入個人識別碼。

n.

1.大頭針 a short thin piece of stiff wire with a sharp point at six end and a round head at the other, used especially for fastening together pieces of cloth when sewing

She stuck a pin in, to prevent the paper from slipping.

她插上一顆大頭針，防止紙滑動。

2.胸針，飾針；徽章 a short thin piece of stiff wire with a sharp point at six end and an item of decoration at the other, worn as jewellery

Jinny's small peral pin sets off her dark dress.

金妮的珍珠胸針使她的黑連衣裙更加出色。

3.釘；梢；栓 a piece of steel used to support a bone in your body when it has been broken

He held the gray-painted grenade in his hand, trying the bend of the cotter pin with his thumbnail.

他握着一顆漆成灰色的手榴彈，用大拇指甲試試開尾栓是不是結實。

4.【口】腿 a person's legs

He's quick on his pins.

他兩條腿跑得快。

5.插頭；（電子管）管腳；引線 one of the metal parts that stick out of an electric plug and fit into a socket

The applied pressure acts on a diaphragm which in turn moves the anode pin.

施加的壓力作用在一個膜片上，於是該膜片就移動陽極管腳。

v.

1.（用大頭針）固定，別上 [T] to attach sth onto another thing or fasten things together with a pin, etc.

She had pinned a black wild rose in her hair.

她頭上別了一朵黑色的野玫瑰。

2.使不能動彈，按住 [T] to make sb unable to move by holding them or pressing them against sth

The policeman pinned the thief's arms behind him.

警察把小偷的雙臂反剪在背後。

3.把...歸罪於，把...歸咎於 [T] to assign the blame or responsibility for

They pinned the accident on the bus driver.

他們把事故歸咎於公車司機。

二、下面我們來學習一下含有pin的常見短語

drawing pin

n. 圖釘

pin down

v.使受約束,阻止,壓制

pin money

婦女的零用錢

pin up

用別針別住,釘住,釘緊

belaying pin

套索樁

三、最後，做個填詞遊戲吧

Two men ______ him down until the police arrived.
兩個人按住他直到警察趕來。