A long pin, typically with an ornamental head, that holds a woman's hat in position by securing it to her hair.
帽针
Example sentencesExamples
So she ran off stage, and put on this hat, but because she had so little time to change she just rammed a hatpin through by herself - no dresser, right?
At our September meeting Jo Smith displayed her collection of hatpins and gave a slide show illustrating the history of hats and their pins and their connection with fashion and status.
She fastens it there with a strong hair elastic, and uses a hatpin to attach the cloth flower.
Definition of hatpin in US English:
hatpin
nounˈhætˌpɪnˈhatˌpin
A long pin, typically with an ornamental head, that holds a woman's hat in position by securing it to her hair.
帽针
Example sentencesExamples
So she ran off stage, and put on this hat, but because she had so little time to change she just rammed a hatpin through by herself - no dresser, right?
At our September meeting Jo Smith displayed her collection of hatpins and gave a slide show illustrating the history of hats and their pins and their connection with fashion and status.
She fastens it there with a strong hair elastic, and uses a hatpin to attach the cloth flower.