[p?:n]
n.
當(dāng)出物，抵押品
典當(dāng)，押當(dāng)
扣押物；人質(zhì)
典當(dāng)?shù)臓顟B(tài)
保證，擔(dān)保
vt.
當(dāng)，典，把…抵押出去：
The unemployed reporter pawned his typewriter to pay the rent.
失了業(yè)的記者典當(dāng)了打字機(jī)用以交租。
用…作擔(dān)保(或抵押)：
pawn one's honour
用名譽(yù)擔(dān)保
I will pawn my life for her.
我愿為她用生命作擔(dān)保。
近義詞:
pledge
短語:
be at (或in, to) pawn
典當(dāng)著；抵押出去
give (或put) something in pawn
典當(dāng)?shù)簦盅旱?
pawn one's word
許諾；答應(yīng)；保證
pawn something off as
把某物冒充為…押(典)出去
pawn2
[p?:n]
n.
【國際象棋】
兵；卒
(供人驅(qū)使的)爪牙；走狗