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pawn
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Derivatives :
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pawnage
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pawner
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pawnor
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- pawn
[pɔːn]
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1.
noun
[c]
[Chess]
卒
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2.
noun
[fig]
工具
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3.
vt.
典当
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- pawn
[pɔn]
[pɔːn]
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当出物；抵押品
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2.
人质
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典当的状态
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to put a ring in pawn
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当掉戒指
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4.
典；当；押
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5.
vt.
当；抵押
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6.
vt.
用…作担保（或抵押）
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to pawn one's honor
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用名誉担保
- pawn
[pɔn]
[pɔːn]
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1.
noun
（国际象棋的）兵；卒
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2.
noun
（供人驱使的）爪牙；走狗
Collins English-English Dictionary
- pawn
[pɔːn]
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vt.
[tr]
to deposit (an article) as security for the repayment of a loan, esp from a pawnbroker
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2.
vt.
to stake
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to pawn one's honour
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3.
n
an article deposited as security
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4.
n
the condition of being so deposited (esp in the phrase in pawn)
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5.
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a person or thing that is held as a security, esp a hostage
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6.
n
the act of pawning
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7.
n
[Etymology]
C15: from Old French pan security, from Latin pannus cloth, apparently because clothing was often left as a surety; compare Middle Flemish paen pawn, German Pfand pledge
- pawn
[pɔːn]
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n
a chessman of the lowest theoretical value, limited to forward moves of one square at a time with the option of two squares on its initial move: it captures with a diagonal move only P - Compare piece
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2.
n
a person, group, etc, manipulated by another
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3.
n
[Etymology]
C14: from Anglo-Norman poun, from Old French pehon, from Medieval Latin pedo infantryman, from Latin pes foot
Examples
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to pawn one's honor
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用名誉担保
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He moved his bishop to take the pawn.
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他走象，吃掉了卒。
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When promoting a pawn, the player must announce which piece is chosen.
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当卒走到对方阵营，棋手必须宣告下一步走哪个棋。
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to capture a pawn in chess
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当衣服
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pawn one's clothes; put one's clothes in pawn
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以衣物质钱
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put one's clothes in pawn
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走卒
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pawn; cat's-paw; lackey; stooge
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你去押当干什么，是不是偷了东西去典当。
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Why did you go to the pawnshop? Did you steal something and go there to pawn it?
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