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

这个别针。两个人。这是金制的。两个更多的人。他可以在多给我两个人，至少有一个。一个更多的人。一个人。斯特恩。为了这个。

——《辛德勒的名单》

一、你知道pin有几种含义吗？

abbr.

(= Personal Identification Number) 个人识别码，密码 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.

请输入个人识别码。

 

n.

1.大头针 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.

她插上一颗大头针，防止纸滑动。

 

2.胸针，饰针；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.

金妮的珍珠胸针使她的黑连衣裙更加出色。

 

3.钉；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.

他握着一颗漆成灰色的手榴弹，用大拇指甲试试开尾栓是不是结实。

 

4.【口】腿 a person's legs

He's quick on his pins.

他两条腿跑得快。

 

5.插头；（电子管）管脚；引线 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.

施加的压力作用在一个膜片上，于是该膜片就移动阳极管脚。

 

v.

1.（用大头针）固定，别上 [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.

她头上别了一朵黑色的野玫瑰。

 

2.使不能动弹，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.

警察把小偷的双臂反剪在背后。

 

3.把...归罪于，把...归咎于 [T] to assign the blame or responsibility for

They pinned the accident on the bus driver.

他们把事故归咎于公车司机。

 

二、下面我们来学习一下含有pin的常见短语

drawing pin

n. 图钉

 

pin down

v.使受约束,阻止,压制

 

pin money

妇女的零用钱

 

pin up

用别针别住,钉住,钉紧

 

belaying pin

套索桩

 

三、最后，做个填词游戏吧

Two men ______ him down until the police arrived.
两个人按住他直到警察赶来。