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/po:n/ v. & n.
1. Something given as security for a loan; a pledge or guaranty. 抵押品，典当物当作借贷保证的事物；保证物或抵押物
2. The condition of being held as a pledge against the payment of a loan: 抵押当作偿付贷款的保证的条件： jewels in pawn. 典押的珠宝
3. A person serving as security; a hostage. 人质作为保证的人；人质
4. The act of pawning. 抵押的事例
5. To give or deposit (personal property) as security for the payment of money borrowed. 典当给予或寄存（个人财产）作为偿还借款的保证
6. To risk; hazard: 冒险；赌： pawn one's honor. 以名誉作赌注
7. A chess piece of lowest value that may move forward one square at a time or two squares in the first move, capture other pieces only on a one-space diagonal forward move, and be promoted to any piece other than a king upon reaching the eighth rank. 兵，小卒价值最小的棋子，一次可向前移一方格或在第一步可移两格，只能吃对方靠对角线前方的一个子，当到达第八级时可升为除王以外的任何一棋子
8. A person or an entity used to further the purposes of another: 被人利用者，爪牙为别人的目的而被利用的人或实体： an underdeveloped nation that was a pawn in international politics. 在国际政治中被人利用的不发达国家
相关短语：
1. be in pawn 做了抵押品，已当掉
2. pawn sth. off as 把某物冒充为……抵押出去
3. pawn ticket 当票
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