pawn

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɔːn/    美 /ˈpɔn/|/ˈpɑɒn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge. uncountable
    — All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.
  2. The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
    — The pawn may move forward to the square immediately in front of it on the same file, provided that this square is unoccupied […] Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks.
  3. Alternative form of paan. alt-of,alternative,countable,uncountable
    — A tray filled with pawns, prepared with the usual ingredients, as lime cuttie (a bitter gum), betel-nut, tobacco, spices, &c.
  4. A gallery.
  5. An instance of pawning something. countable,uncountable
    — Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown.
  6. A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end. idiomatic
    — Near-synonym: chess piece
  7. An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — My life I never held but as a pawn / To wage against thy enemies.
  8. A pawnshop; pawnbroker. countable,rare,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To pledge; to stake or wager. transitive
  2. Alternative form of pwn. alt-of,alternative
  3. To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop. transitive
    — A certain, and probably an appreciable, proportion of his so-called money at call and short notice would consist of fortnightly advances made to members of the Stock Exchange against pawned stocks and shares.

词形变化

pawns plural pawns present,singular,third-person pawning participle,present pawned participle,past pawned past pawns plural pawns plural pawns plural pawns present,singular,third-person pawning participle,present pawned participle,past pawned past

词汇关系

近义词
pawn
上位词
chess piece
下位词
queen's pawn king's pawn rook's pawn knight's pawn bishop's pawn central pawn queen's rook's pawn queen's knight's pawn queen's bishop's pawn king's rook's pawn king's knight's pawn king's bishop's pawn a-pawn b-pawn c-pawn d-pawn e-pawn f-pawn g-pawn h-pawn advanced pawn backward pawn connected pawn doubled pawn tripled pawn isolated pawn isolani poisoned pawn passed pawn passer outside passed pawn remote passed pawn wrong rook pawn
衍生词
impawn pawnbroker pawnee pawner pawning pawnshop pawnticket pawnable pawnage pawn off as repawn unpawn unpawned advanced pawn backward pawn bishop's pawn centipawn central pawn connected pawn doubled pawn hexapawn isolated pawn king's bishop's pawn king's knight's pawn king's pawn king's rook's pawn knight's pawn millipawn octopawn outside passed pawn passed pawn pawn break pawn chain pawn cube pawn grabbing pawn island pawnless pawnlike pawn race pawn storm poisoned pawn poison pawn queen's bishop's pawn queen's knight's pawn queen's pawn queen's rook's pawn remote passed pawn rook's pawn tall pawn tripled pawn wrong rook pawn
相关词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English paun, pawyn, pawnd, from Old French pan, pant (“pledge for a payment”), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *pand (“deposit, security, pledge”), further origin uncertain. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pound (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), West Frisian pân (“pawn”), Dutch pand (“pledge, pawn”), German Low German Pand (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), German Pfand (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), Swedish pant (“pledge, pawn”), Faroese pantur (“security, lien”), Icelandic pantur (“pledge, security, pawn”).
词源 2
From Middle English pown, from Anglo-Norman poun, paun (“footman”), from Late Latin pedōnem (“pedestrian”), derived from Latin ped- (“foot”). Doublet of peon.
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