needle
n. 针; 针状物; <口>刺激性言行
vt. 用针缝,刺; 刺激,激怒; <俚>增加(饮料的)酒精含量
vi. 缝纫
A needle is a small, very thin piece of polished metal which is used for sewing. It has a sharp point at one end and a hole in the other for a thread to go through.
Knitting needles are thin sticks that are used for knitting. They are usually made of plastic or metal and have a point at one end.
A needle is a thin hollow metal rod with a sharp point, which is part of a medical instrument called a syringe. It is used to put a drug into someone's body, or to take blood out.
A needle is a thin metal rod with a point which is put into a patient's body during acupuncture.
On a record player, the needle is the small pointed device that touches the record and picks up the sound signals.
She took the needle off the record and turned the lights out.
她把唱针从唱片上移开,把灯也关了。
On an instrument which measures something such as speed or weight, the needle is the long strip of metal or plastic on the dial that moves backwards and forwards, showing the measurement.
She kept looking at the dial on the boiler. The needle had reached 250 degrees.
她一直看着锅炉上的刻度盘,指针已指向了250度。
The needles of a fir or pine tree are its thin, hard, pointed leaves.
The carpet of pine needles was soft underfoot.
脚下厚厚的松针踩上去软绵绵的。
If someone needles you, they annoy you continually, especially by criticizing you.
Blake could see he had needled Jerrold, which might be unwise.
布莱克看得出他已经惹怒了杰罗尔德,这也许并不是什么明智之举。
1. as of a conifer
2. a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
3. a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
4. a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
1. goad or provoke,as by constant criticism;
2. prick with a needle
the eye of a needle
针眼;无法通过的开口(尤指《马太福音》19:24)
a needle in a haystack
落进草垛里的一根针(比喻很难找的东西)
The boy is prodding the animal with a needle.
那男孩正用一根针刺那动物.
She was handy with her needle.
她善长针线活.
I've stuck a needle in my finger!
我把针扎在手指上.
She feel very awkward with a needle.
她做针线活时感到很不对劲.
The needle of a compass points to the north.
罗盘的指针指向北方.