Mr and Mrs Tang went the whole journey in a small buggy, with their child riding bodkin. 唐先生和唐太太一路上乘坐一辆轻型马车,让孩子挤坐在他俩中间。
The train was so crowded that I had to sit bodkin. 火车里很挤,所以我只好挤坐在两个人中间。
Mr and Mrs Tang went the whole journey in a small buggy, with their child riding bodkin. 唐先生和唐太太一路上乘坐一辆轻型马车,让孩子挤坐在他俩中间。
bodkin
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a dagger with a slender blade
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formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
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a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric
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a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
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Bodkin \Bod"kin\, n. See {Baudekin}. [Obs.] --Shirley.
Bodkin \Bod"kin\ (b[o^]d"k[i^]n), n. [OE. boydekyn dagger; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bidog hanger, short sword, Ir. bideog, Gael. biodag.] 1. A dagger. [Obs.]
When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. --Shak.
2. (Needlework) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a stiletto; an eyeleteer.
3. (Print.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking out letters from a column or page in making corrections.
4. A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle.
Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye. --Pope.
5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.
{To sit}, {ride}, or {travel bodkin}, to sit closely wedged between two persons. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.