| 单词 | pawn |
| 释义 | pawn pawn // verb, noun
■ verb [+ obj]
to leave an item with a person who lends money in exchange for it (a pawnbroker). If the money is paid back within an agreed period of time, the item is returned to the owner, but if not, the item can be sold: Nobody would lend him money, so he pawned his gold watch.
■ noun
IDIOMS
in pawn if sth is in pawn, it has been pawned: All her jewellery was in pawn.
out of pawn if you get or take sth out of pawn, you pay back the money you owe and get back the item that has been pawned |
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