pawn的意思|pawn的解释-里氏词典

pawn [pɒ:n]

n. 典当, 抵押物, 人质, (象棋)兵, 马前卒, 工具

vt. 当掉, 以...担保

[经] 抵押, 典当, 当物

pawn

[ noun ]

an article deposited as security

<noun.possession>

a person used by another to gain an end

<noun.person>

(chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank

<noun.artifact>

borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan

<noun.act>

[ verb ]

leave as a guarantee in return for money

<verb.possession>

hock

soak

pawn your grandfather's gold watch

Pawn \Pawn\, n.
See {Pan}, the masticatory.

Pawn \Pawn\, n. [OE. paune, poun, OF. peon, poon, F. pion, LL.
pedo a foot soldier, fr. L. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and
cf. {Pioneer}, {Peon}.] (Chess)
A man or piece of the lowest rank.

Pawn \Pawn\, n. [OF. pan pledge, assurance, skirt, piece, F. pan
skirt, lappet, piece, from L. pannus. See {Pane}.]
1. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the
payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See
{Pledge}, n., 1.

As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not
take pawns without use [i. e., interest]. --Bacon.

2. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a
promise. [R.]

Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown.
--Shak.

As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness.
--Donne.

3. A stake hazarded in a wager. [Poetic]

My life I never held but as a pawn
To wage against thy enemies. --Shak.

{In pawn}, {At pawn}, in the state of being pledged. ``Sweet
wife, my honor is at pawn.'' --Shak.

{Pawn ticket}, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an
article pledged.

Pawn \Pawn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pawned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pawning}.]
1. To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the
payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as,
to pawn one's watch.

And pawned the last remaining piece of plate.
--Dryden.

2. To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to
risk; to wager; to hazard.

Pawning his honor to obtain his lust. --Shak.

Karpov arrived and matched it by moving his king's pawn.
But Rajiv is a pawn in the hands of a certain structure that doesn't let him function.
Incorrectly deciding to keep my rooks connected, I waste time maneuvering my queen to the king file; it can still support the pawn thrust from there, but by then the ploy is too late, as I shortly find out.
Patrick Lekota, a senior official of the rival African National Congress, accuses Buthelezi of being a pawn of the ruling National Party.
All of a sudden you're in a new company, you think you've got a rook on the back rank, and it turns out to be a pawn."
Police speculated that the thief or thieves could be children or a vagrant hoping to pawn the dummies.
The monarch said Jerusalem is "too important an issue to be dealt with as a political pawn.
The pawn in all of this is, of course, the infant, andthe film makes that point in one poignant scene as Rick and a sheriff's deputy grapple for the child as the camera captures her terrified expression.
In the early 1960s, when developers began razing Rosslyn's taverns, pawn shops and decaying homes, William P. Ames decided to build a hotel on part of his lumber yard and donate another parcel for a church in his father's memory.
The incumbent's radio advertisements portray Pearl Strong - a former state reresentative himself - as a tax-raising pawn of the Frankfort Democratic establishment.
Timman was a pawn ahead in an endgame but most experts predicted a draw when play resumes.
Agents were seen Thursday inspecting typewriters at a downtown pawn shop as well as at nearby Fort Rucker, where a search has been conducted for the better part of this week.
Van der Wiel resigned on his 45th, when he stood to lose another pawn or go mate.
The Agrarian Party, for more than 40 years a pawn of Bulgaria's Communists, on Wednesday proposed an interim government of national consensus that would hold free elections, the state news agency BTA reported.
Corey Carrier portrays an eight-year-old pawn in a child-pornography scam that ends up delivering him into the hands of his would-be seducer.
He is a pawn who thinks himself a king.
The drugs group has been a pawn in a game of industrial chess ever since Volvo bought its stake nine years ago.
Too young to have seen a pawn shop, their next problem was finding someone with experience.
Following a series of exchanges, Timman emerged a pawn ahead in an ending with rooks and pawns, but he was unable to create any serious winning prospects.
Gurevich, an 11th round co-leader with Ivanchuk and Gelfand, quit after Anand threatened to promote a pawn to a queen in two moves.
Mr Suzuki says diamond prices at other retailers are two to five times higher than that of FR's. He adds FR is ready to buy customers' diamonds bought from other retailers. 'Before, people only had the option of a pawn shop to cash their diamonds.
'We want to have a clear plan to help us avoid being a political pawn.
Kasparov, playing white, reached an endgame a pawn ahead.
He also launched a kingside storm, sacrificing a pawn to denude D.T.'s king.
GEC's current bid of Pounds 14 a share should enhance the group's earnings by around 2 per cent, giving it scope to pay more cash without suffering dilution. VSEL is a pawn in a wider battle between GEC and BAe.
This is really a media circus and I am just a pawn in the process.
Dennis Plumb, who is heading the civilian investigation in Bremerton, said police had talked to a witness to the shooting of the pawn shop clerk and had little doubt that Drizpaul was the killer.
When I was a detective captain, I bought my clothes at the pawn shop, that's how honest I was," he said.
Indeed, it looked more like a pawn, a "tall pawn," as spectators snidely put it.
Indeed, it looked more like a pawn, a "tall pawn," as spectators snidely put it.

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