pincushion
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈpɪnˌkʊʃn̩/
美 /ˈpɪnˌkʊʃ(ə)n/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.
— Then for womens cloaths, the cabadge of cloath of ſilver, brancht Sattin, and the like, went for pin-cuſhions, pin-pillows, womens purſes; and if black, Church-wardens capes.
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The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.; A flowering plant in the genus Leucospermum.
— [S]ee how the knowledge of the climate tolerances of one South African shrub, the Saldana pincushion (Leucospermum tomentosum) is integrated with projections of a global circulation model applied to the southern tip of South Africa [...].
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The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.; A flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa.
— Scabiosa, often called mourning bride, pincushion flower, and sweet scabious, is an easily grown, old-fashioned, half-hardy annual. It is very attractive and satisfactory both for cutting and for borders and beds.
- The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.; A coral bead plant, coral moss, or English baby tears (Nertera granadensis), an ornamental plant.
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The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.; A dustymaiden, a flowering plant in the genus Chaenactis.
— An abundant wildflower following good winter rains, Fremont pincushion [Chaenactis fremontii] features heads composed entirely of white or pinkish disk flowers.
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The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.; A pincushion cactus, of the genera Escobaria or Mammillaria.
— Alverson's pincushion cactus (Coryophantha vivipara var. alversonii), under status review by the USF&WS for possible listing as threatened or endangered, is reported to occur the along the northwest boundary of the WSA.
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The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.; A pincushionplant, a flowering plant in the genus Navarretia.
— Marigold pincushion [Navarretia tagetina], however, is widespread throughout the region except along the coast. [...] In eastern Sacramento County, it grows together with downy pincushion (Navarretia pubescens) in small clearings in blue oak woodland.
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A person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections.
— Insulin-dependent diabetics are human pincushions.
动词 v.
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To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.
— The target was pincushioned with arrows.
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To assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards.
— A monitor is pincushioning when the display appears to have curved sides.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
The noun is derived from pin + cushion. The verb is derived from the noun.
词源 2
The noun is derived from pin + cushion. The verb is derived from the noun.
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