linchpin的词源

英文词源

linchpin (n.)

also linch-pin, late 14c., earlier linspin, from Middle English lins "axletree" (see linch) + pin (n.). The peg that holds a wheel on an axle; now mainly figurative.

中文词源

linchpin：组织的关键人物

linch,车轴，pin,插销。引申词义中枢，关键。

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