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linchpin

/linch-pin/US // ˈlɪntʃˌpɪn //UK // (ˈlɪntʃˌpɪn) //

衬托,衬里,衬垫,琳琅满目

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
    • : something that holds the various elements of a complicated structure together: The monarchy was the linchpin of the nation's traditions and society.

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Examples

  • The Higgs boson is the linchpin of the Standard Model and the key to why the double simplex arrangement makes sense.

  • None of them are experts in epidemiology — the study of how diseases affect populations, a linchpin of particulate matter research.

  • In fact, building a sizable beauty was a linchpin of Kohl’s “Greatness Agenda” in 2014, with the company hoping beauty would grow from 2% of sales then to 5% in short order, helped by so-called “beauty concierges.”

  • The demonstration that something like a linchpin of modern metabolism could have emerged under mild, minimally demanding conditions therefore makes a prebiotic origin for the TCA cycle look more feasible, which the metal catalyst experiments did not.

  • The principal hotspot is the HBO Max streaming service, the linchpin in AT&T’s gigantic strategic shift toward video content.

  • At the moment, Yisrael Beiteinu is the linchpin of the coming rightist government.

  • Bolshevism was the linchpin that held all the other facets of conspiracy together.

  • It was one courier in particular that proved the linchpin in Sunday night's operation that killed the al Qaeda leader.

  • Civilian control is still the constitutional linchpin uniting defender and defended.

  • Upon inspection, the losses of the day were found to be one linchpin and one pair of pantaloons.

  • His famous monologue with his imaginary friend "Linchpin" invariably brought the house down.

  • Had he withdrawn some linchpin of ordinary conduct from the wheel on which the whole world revolves?

  • The drawbolt on a linchpin wagon usually has a head made in the form of the jaws of a wrench.

  • The government had sent him in pursuit of a golden chariot, and he found more than the linchpin.