needle
n
1 [C] small thin piece of polished steel with a point at one end and a hole for thread at the other, used in sewing 針; 縫衣針.
2 [C] long thin piece of plastic, metal, polished wood, etc without a hole but with a pointed end (for knitting) or a hook (for crocheting) 編織針; 鉤針
`knitting needles 織針 * a `crochet needle 鉤針.
3 [C] thin (usu metal) pointer on a dial, eg of a compass, meter, etc 指針(如指南針、 儀表等的針).
4 [C]
(a) pointed hollow end of a syringe used for giving injections (注射器的)針頭. =>illus at injection 見injection插圖.
(b) (US infml 口) injection 注射; 打針
She was given a needle for whooping cough. 她因患百日咳打了一針.
5 [C] thing like a needle(1) in shape, appearance or use, eg the thin pointed leaf of a pine tree, a pointed rock or peak, an obelisk, etc 針狀物(如松樹的針葉、 尖的巖石或山峰、 方尖石碑等). =>illus at App 1 見附錄1插圖, page i.
6 [C] stylus used in playing gramophone records (唱機(jī)的)唱針.
7 [U] (infml 口) anger or hostility, esp in situations of rivalry 憤怒, 敵意(尤指在競爭中)
A certain amount of needle has crept into (ie gradually appeared in) this game. 比賽中逐漸出現(xiàn)了一些敵對情緒.
[attrib 作定語]
a needle match/game, ie one in which there is particularly fierce rivalry between the two sides 雙方都懷有強(qiáng)烈敵意的比賽.
8 (idm 習(xí)語) give sb/get the `needle (sl 俚) (cause sb to) become annoyed (使某人)惱怒; 刺激(某人). look for a needle in a `haystack (saying 諺) look for one thing among many others, without hope of finding it 草堆里尋針; 海底撈針
Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack. 在這座大城市里尋找一個人猶如大海撈針. sharp as a needle => sharp. Cf 參看 pins and needles (pin1). needle, v [Tn]
(infml 口) provoke or annoy (sb), esp with words 激怒或煩擾(某人)(尤指用言語)
Stop needling him or he might hit you. 別再拿話激他了, 不然他會揍你.
?? 考研助記
利刀(諧音);利刀非刀,原來是 針 需要(need)快樂(le)的 針
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*['ni:dl]n. 針, 尖vt. 用針縫vi. 縫紉【計】 探針【醫(yī)】 針相關(guān)詞組: hit the needle on the needle