safety pin

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈsafety pin noun [countable]

DHHa metal pin for fastening things together. The point of the pin fits into a cover so that it cannot hurt you. 安全别针 →4 See picture of 见图 SAFETY →5 see picture at 见图 button1

Examples from the Corpus

safety pin• I love those ones where there's a piece of cloth just with a safety pin or something like that.• The maroon dress was neatly folded, and the coral necklace carefully pinned to the bodice with a large safety pin.• Heating an implement made of a straightened safety pin, he speared the bugs, then brought them to the candle flame.• Later the gadget acquired a popular name - the safety pin - and made some one else very rich.

ˈsafety pin nounChineseSyllable

Corpus together. a for fastening things pin metal The

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