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breastpin

/brest-pin/US // ˈbrɛstˌpɪn //UK // (ˈbrɛstˌpɪn) //

胸针,乳钉,乳房夹,乳房夹子

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a pin worn on the breast or at the throat; brooch.

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Examples

  • The Peyton pearls must be taken from the strong box—a necklace, earrings, breastpin and tiara.

  • This was a breastpin of purest gold, with the head—a great violet cut from a single amethyst—as perfectly executed as hers.

  • She was in Bex, eighteen years ago, when Babette was baptized; she had given Babette, the expensive breastpin which she wore.

  • It seemed in her dream that there was something at the bottom that she wanted—a breastpin or a piece of money.

  • An excessively coloured man in a rasping white shirt and brand-new slops, a shining hat, and a breastpin, turned round.