linchpin英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device.

— In ij camellis ferri vocatis lynspins emptis pro carectis iiijᵈ.
A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation. figuratively

— What is difficult to appreciate, however, is the discrepancy between his statement to the 'Manchester Guardian' correspondent and his known abhorance for party politics, which is the lynchpin of modern democracy.

动词 v.

To adopt as, or serve as, a central cohesive source of stability and security. ambitransitive

— The poems turn fear of individual death into an audit of the costs of an aristocratic status quo which is linchpinned by a monarchy indulging in paradigms of social redress that have become cosmetic, opportunities for self-display rather than genuine justice.

词形变化

linchpins plural linch-pin alternative lynchpin alternative lynch-pin alternative link-pin alternative lin-pin alternative linchpins present,singular,third-person linchpinning participle,present linchpinned participle,past linchpinned past linch-pin alternative lynchpin alternative lynch-pin alternative link-pin alternative lin-pin alternative

词汇关系

词源

词源 1

From Middle English lynspin, compound of lins (“axletree”) and pin, from Old English lynis (“lynchpin”), from Proto-West Germanic *lunis, from Proto-Germanic *lunaz – compare German Lünse and Dutch luns – from Proto-Indo-European. Possible further cognates are Welsh olwyn (“wheel”), Old Armenian ողն (ołn, “back; spine, backbone”) and Sanskrit आणि (āṇí, “lynchpin”). Figurative use attested from the mid-20th century.

词源 2

From Middle English lynspin, compound of lins (“axletree”) and pin, from Old English lynis (“lynchpin”), from Proto-West Germanic *lunis, from Proto-Germanic *lunaz – compare German Lünse and Dutch luns – from Proto-Indo-European. Possible further cognates are Welsh olwyn (“wheel”), Old Armenian ողն (ołn, “back; spine, backbone”) and Sanskrit आणि (āṇí, “lynchpin”). Figurative use attested from the mid-20th century.