| [/pɔːn; pɔn/] n 用法:
1 one of the eight chess-men of the smallest size and value （国际象棋中的）卒. =>illus at chess 见 chess 插图. 用法:
2 (fig 比喻) person or group whose actions are controlled by others 被人利用的人:
We are mere pawns in the struggle for power. 在权力斗争中我们只是一批小卒. pawn 2
[/pɔːn; pɔn/] v [Tn] 用法:
1 leave (an object) with a pawnbroker in exchange for money that can be repaid in order to get the object back 典当, 抵押（某物）:
He pawned his gold watch to pay the rent. 他典当了金表用以交租. 用法:
2 (fig比喻) abandon (sth) in order to gain sth 以（某事物）担保:
pawn one's honour 以个人名誉担保. pawn 3
n (idm 习语) in pawn in a state of being pawned 在抵押中; 已典当:
My watch is in pawn. 我把表当了. |