pincushion
n. 针垫
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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.
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The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.
A flowering plant in the genus Leucospermum.
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The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.
A flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa.
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The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.
A coral bead plant, coral moss, or English baby tears (Nertera granadensis), an ornamental plant.
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The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.
A dustymaiden, a flowering plant in the genus Chaenactis.
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The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.
A pincushion cactus, of the genera Escobaria or Mammillaria.
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The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.
A pincushionplant, a flowering plant in the genus Navarretia.
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A person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections.
非正式 比喻Insulin-dependent diabetics are human pincushions.
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To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.
比喻 及物The target was pincushioned with arrows.
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To assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards.
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词源
The noun is derived from pin + cushion. The verb is derived from the noun.
来源：wiktionary