Pawn
[pɔːn] or [pɔn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan.
(noun.) (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank.
(noun.) an article deposited as security.
(verb.) leave as a guarantee in return for money; 'pawn your grandfather's gold watch'.
布伦达編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) See Pan, the masticatory.
(n.) A man or piece of the lowest rank.
(n.) Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.
(n.) State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
(n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.
(v. t.) To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch.
(v. t.) To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
校對:威拉德
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Pledge (of a chattel to secure a debt), gage, security.
v. a. Pledge, offer or give as security.
手打:路易
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Pledge, impignorate
ANT:Ransom, redeem
巴里整理
解釋/意思:
n. something given as security for the repayment of money or the performance of a promise: state of being pledged.—v.t. to give in pledge.—ns. Pawn′broker a broker who lends money on pawns or pledges; Pawn′broking the business of a pawnbroker; Pawnee′ one who takes anything in pawn; Pawn′er one who gives a pawn or pledge as security for money borrowed; Pawn′shop a shop of a pawnbroker; Pawn′ticket a ticket marked with the name of the article the amount advanced &c. delivered to the person who has pawned anything.—At pawn pledged laid away.
n. a gallery.
n. a common piece in chess.
厄纳校對
娱乐性解釋/意思：
v. t., To keep property in the family by leaving it all with your Uncle.
手打:奥利
例句/造句/用法:
- Yo' see, Boucher's been pulled down wi' his childer,--and her being so cranky, and a' they could pawn has gone this last twelvemonth. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- He pish'd and psha'd in a fury--told me not to be such a fool as to pawn--and said he would see whether he could lend me the money. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The pawns were little green and white men, with real swords and shields; the knights were on horseback, the castles were on the backs of elephants. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Tell Sergeant Cuff, he rejoined, that I say the discovery of the truth depends on the discovery of the person who pawned the Diamond. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- She took to drinking, left off working, sold the furniture, pawned the clothes, and played old Gooseberry. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- There was no market for his wares, and after months of actual destitution he pawned the model of his sewing-machine and even his patent papers in order to secure funds to pay his passage home. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- What comes of it doesn't matter to you and me except as it may help us to lay our hands on the mysterious Somebody who pawned the Diamond. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The man who had pawned his goods in London, and had reached New York with less than a dollar in his pocket, had an income of $200,000 a year. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- There is a chance--to say the least--that the person who pawned it, may be prepared to redeem it when the year's time has expired. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- If you will have it, Rachel--scandal says that the Moonstone is in pledge to Mr. Luker, and that I am the man who has pawned it. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
伊恩校對