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Collins English-English Dictionary
- hairpin ['hεə,pɪn]
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n
a thin double-pronged pin used by women to fasten the hair
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n
[modifier]
(esp of a bend in a road) curving very sharply
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n
a thin double-pronged pin used by women to fasten the hair
Examples
- a hairpin turn
- U形急转弯 → hairpin
- 金钗
- a gold hairpin → 钗
- 发夹
- hairpin → 夹
- 莫干山上下十八盘。
- There are 18 hairpin bends on the way up the Mogan Mountain. → 盘
- 头发卡子
- hairpin → 卡子
- 玉搔头
- a jade hairpin → 搔头
- 碧玉簪
- emerald hairpin → 簪
- 发卡
- hairpin → 卡
- 这个半月形的发卡戴在她的头发上真好看。
- It looks very nice when she wears the half-moon hairpin in her hair. → 半月形
- 那个女孩头上戴着一枝金钗。
- The girl wears a gold hairpin. → 金钗
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