pawn

詳細解釋：

pawn

n.（名詞）
Something given as security for a loan; a pledge or guaranty.
抵押品，典當物：當作借貸保證的事物；保證物或抵押物
The condition of being held as a pledge against the payment of a loan:
抵押：當作償付貸款的保證的條件：
例句：
jewels in pawn.
典押的珠寶

A person serving as security; a hostage.
人質：作為保證的人；人質
The act of pawning.
抵押：抵押的事例
v.tr.（及物動詞）
pawned,pawn.ing,pawns
To give or deposit (personal property) as security for the payment of money borrowed.
典當：給予或暫存（個人財產）作為償還借款的保證
To risk; hazard:
冒險；賭：
例句：
pawn one`s honor.
以名譽作賭注

來源：
Middle English paun
中古英文 paun
from Old French pan
源自 古法文 pan
of Germanic origin
日耳曼語源

【引伸】
pawn.able
adj.（形容詞）
pawn.age
n.（名詞）
pawn.er

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pawn
pawn 2

n.（名詞）
Abbr. PGames 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.
縮寫 P【遊戲】 兵，小卒：價值最小的棋子，一次可向前移一方格或在第一步可移兩格，只能吃對方靠對角線前方的一個子，當到達第八級時可升為除王以外的任何一棋子
A person or an entity used to further the purposes of another:
被人利用者，爪牙：為別人的目的而被利用的人或實體：
例句：
an underdeveloped nation that was a pawn in international politics.
在國際政治中被人利用的不發達國家

來源：
Middle English
中古英文
from Old French pedon, paon
源自 古法文 pedon, paon
from Medieval Latin pedô pedôn- [foot soldier]
源自 中世紀拉丁語 pedô pedôn- [步兵]
from Late Latin [one who has wide feet]
源自 後期拉丁語 [大腳板的人]
from Latin pôs ped- [foot] * see ped-
源自 拉丁語 pôs ped- [腳] *參見 ped-