pinion 音标拼音: [p'ɪnjən]
n . 鸟翼,翅膀,羽毛,小齿轮
vt . 剪断翼尖,绑住…两臂
鸟翼,翅膀,羽毛,小齿轮剪断翼尖,绑住…两臂
pinion n 1 :
a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack 2 :
any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird [
synonym :
{
flight feather }, {
pinion }, {
quill }, {
quill feather }]
3 :
wing of a bird [
synonym : {
pennon }, {
pinion }]
v 1 :
bind the arms of [
synonym : {
pinion }, {
shackle }]
2 :
cut the wings off (
of birds )
Pinion \
Pin "
ion \,
n . (
Zool .)
A moth of the genus {
Lithophane },
as {
Lithophane antennata },
whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples .
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Pinion \
Pin "
ion \,
n . [
OF .
pignon a pen ,
F .,
gable ,
pinion (
in sense 5 );
cf .
Sp .
pi [~
n ]
on pinion ;
fr .
L .
pinna pinnacle ,
feather ,
wing .
See {
Pin }
a peg ,
and cf . {
Pen }
a feather ,
{
Pennat }, {
Pennon }.]
1 .
A feather ;
a quill . --
Shak .
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2 .
A wing ,
literal or figurative .
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Swift on his sooty pinions flits the gnome . --
Pope .
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3 .
The joint of bird '
s wing most remote from the body .
--
Johnson .
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4 .
A fetter for the arm . --
Ainsworth .
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5 . (
Mech .)
A cogwheel with a small number of teeth ,
or leaves ,
adapted to engage with a larger wheel ,
or rack (
see {
Rack });
esp .,
such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis .
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{
Lantern pinion }.
See under {
Lantern }.
{
Pinion wire },
wire fluted longitudinally ,
for making the pinions of clocks and watches .
It is formed by being drawn through holes of the shape required for the leaves or teeth of the pinions .
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Pinion \
Pin "
ion \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Pinioned };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Pinioning }.]
1 .
To bind or confine the wings of ;
to confine by binding the wings . --
Bacon .
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2 .
To disable by cutting off the pinion joint . --
Johnson .
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3 .
To disable or restrain ,
as a person ,
by binding the arms ,
esp .
by binding the arms to the body . --
Shak .
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Her elbows pinioned close upon her hips . --
Cowper .
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4 .
Hence ,
generally ,
to confine ;
to bind ;
to tie up .
"
Pinioned up by formal rules of state ." --
Norris .
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70 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pinion ":
anchor ,
appendage ,
arm ,
bind ,
bough ,
branch ,
bridle ,
chain ,
crest ,
enchain ,
entrammel ,
fasten ,
feather ,
fetter ,
gyve ,
hackle ,
hamper ,
hand ,
handcuff ,
hobble ,
hog -
tie ,
hopple ,
imp ,
joint ,
lash ,
leash ,
leg ,
limb ,
link ,
lobe ,
lobule ,
make fast ,
manacle ,
member ,
moor ,
offshoot ,
organ ,
panache ,
peg down ,
picket ,
pin down ,
plume ,
plumule ,
put in irons ,
quill ,
ramification ,
restrain ,
rope ,
runner ,
scapular ,
scion ,
secure ,
shackle ,
spray ,
sprig ,
spur ,
straitjacket ,
strap ,
switch ,
tail ,
tendril ,
tether ,
tie ,
tie down ,
tie up ,
topknot ,
trammel ,
tuft ,
twig ,
wing
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