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pincushion

C2 noun

pincushion /ˈpɪnˌkʊʃ(ə)n/ nghĩa là gối cắm kim

Các nghĩa

  1. gối cắm kim

    A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.

    Do you think I am going to allow my body to be made a pincushion of, by every little frog-eater who don't like the shape of your nose?

  2. cây Leucospermum

    A flowering plant in the genus Leucospermum.

  3. cây Scabiosa

    A flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa.

  4. cây Nertera granadensis

    A coral bead plant, coral moss, or English baby tears (Nertera granadensis), an ornamental plant.

  5. cây Chaenactis

    A dustymaiden, a flowering plant in the genus Chaenactis.

  6. xương rồng gối kim

    A pincushion cactus, of the genera Escobaria or Mammillaria.

+ 2 nghĩa khác

  1. cây Navarretia

    A pincushionplant, a flowering plant in the genus Navarretia.

  2. người bị chích nhiều

    A person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections.

    colloquial · figuratively

    Insulin-dependent diabetics are human pincushions.

    It took an hour to get there, and by the time the job was done we had collected so many cactus thorns that we felt like human pincushions.

    Funny thing how her shooting him saved his life. If you hadn't called a quick halt, the cops would have turned him into a human pincushion.

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