hairpin
hairpin — 名詞
- hairpinsingular
- hairpinsplural
1. a small U-shaped piece of metal that you slide into someone's hair so loose part
髮夾
插進頭髮固定髮束的U形小夾
a small U-shaped piece of metal that you slide into someone's hair so loose parts stay where you want them.
Before the concert, Defne pushed a gold hairpin into the loose knot at her neck.
Defne 在音樂會前把一支金色髮夾插進後頸鬆鬆的髮髻裡。
push a hairpin into a hair knot
The dance teacher kept spare hairpins beside the mirror for students with long hair.
舞蹈老師在鏡子旁放了一盤備用髮夾，給長髮學生使用。
spare hairpins (common plural use)
Windy weather made Saira use two hairpins to keep her bangs out of her eyes.
風變大後，Saira 用兩支髮夾把瀏海固定住，不讓它遮到眼睛。
use hairpins to keep hair in place
The stylist slid a hairpin behind the bride's ear to stop the veil from slipping.
造型師把一支髮夾滑到新娘耳後，免得頭紗一直滑下來。
slide a hairpin behind the ear
After the recital, Liang found a bent hairpin on the dressing-room floor.
演出結束後，Liang 在更衣室地板上找到一支彎掉的髮夾。
bent hairpin
- a hairpin
- spare hairpins
- slide a hairpin into your hair
- hold a bun with a hairpin
- a bent hairpin
文法句型
a hairpin
slide/put a hairpin into hair
hold hair with a hairpin
用法筆記
Usually refers to the simple U-shaped pin that is tucked into the hair. Distinguish from a 'barrette' or a spring clip, which closes around the hair instead of sliding into it.
常見錯誤
hairpin — 形容詞
- hairpinpositive
- more hairpincomparative
- most hairpinsuperlative
1. describing something, especially a bend or turn, that doubles back sharply in a
髮夾形的
像髮夾般急轉回彎的
describing something, especially a bend or turn, that doubles back sharply in a tight U shape.
The bus slowed to a crawl before the hairpin bend above the lake.
巴士在湖上方那個髮夾形彎道前慢到幾乎用爬的。
hairpin bend
We had to steer carefully through a series of hairpin turns on the mountain road.
我們得小心穿過山路上一連串髮夾形的急彎。
hairpin turns
The designer chose slim black hairpin legs for the desk in the studio.
設計師替工作室裡的書桌配上細黑的髮夾形桌腳。
hairpin legs
One hairpin curve wrapped around the cliff before the road reached the tunnel.
那個髮夾形彎道繞過峭壁後，路才通到隧道口。
hairpin curve
- hairpin bend
- hairpin turn
- hairpin curve
- hairpin legs
- U-shaped
describes the shape directly, without the idea of a sharp turning movement
- sharp
can describe many kinds of turns, not only a tight return in the shape of a hairpin
- switchback
road-specific and usually a noun for a zigzag mountain-road turn
- straight
without a sharp return or curve
文法句型
hairpin + bend/turn/curve
hairpin + legs
用法筆記
Most often appears before nouns such as 'bend', 'turn', 'curve', and 'legs'. It usually suggests a very sharp return rather than a gentle curve.