needle
n. 針; 針狀物; <口>刺激性言行
vt. 用針縫,刺; 刺激,激怒; <俚>增加(飲料的)酒精含量
vi. 縫紉
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.
她把唱針從唱片上移開,把燈也關了。
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.
她一直看著鍋爐上的刻度盤,指標已指向了250度。
The needles of a fir or pine tree are its thin, hard, pointed leaves.
The carpet of pine needles was soft underfoot.
腳下厚厚的松針踩上去軟綿綿的。
If someone needles you, they annoy you continually, especially by criticizing you.
Blake could see he had needled Jerrold, which might be unwise.
布萊克看得出他已經惹怒了傑羅爾德,這也許並不是什麼明智之舉。
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
針眼;無法透過的開口(尤指《馬太福音》19:24)
a needle in a haystack
落進草垛裡的一根針(比喻很難找的東西)
The boy is prodding the animal with a needle.
那男孩正用一根針刺那動物.
She was handy with her needle.
她善長針線活.
I've stuck a needle in my finger!
我把針紮在手指上.
She feel very awkward with a needle.
她做針線活時感到很不對勁.
The needle of a compass points to the north.
羅盤的指標指向北方.