needle
美音:
[´ni:dəl
]英音:
[´ni:dəl
]n.针
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词形变化:
名词:needler 动词过去式:needled 过去分词:needled 现在分词:needling 第三人称单数:needles
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needle
/'ni:dl; `nidl/
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 针; 缝衣针.
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) 编织针; 钩针
*`knitting needles 织针
* a `crochet needle 钩针.
3 [C] thin (usu metal) pointer on a dial, eg of a compass, meter, etc 指针(如指南针、仪表等的针).
4 [C]
(a) pointed hollow end of a syringe used for giving injections (注射器的)针头. =>illus at injection 见injection插图.
(b) (US infml 口) injection 注射; 打针
*She was given a needle for whooping cough. 她因患百日咳打了一针.
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 针状物(如松树的针叶、尖的岩石或山峰、方尖石碑等). =>illus at App
1 见附录1插图, page i.
6 [C] stylus used in playing gramophone records (唱机的)唱针.
7 [U] (infml 口) anger or hostility, esp in situations of rivalry 愤怒, 敌意(尤指在竞争中)
*A certain amount of needle has crept into (ie gradually appeared in) this game. 比赛中逐渐出现了一些敌对情绪.
* [attrib 作定语] a needle match/game, ie one in which there is particularly fierce rivalry between the two sides 双方都怀有强烈敌意的比赛.
8 (idm 习语) give sb/get the `needle (sl 俚) (cause sb to) become annoyed (使某人)恼怒; 刺激(某人). look for a needle in a `haystack (saying 谚) look for one thing among many others, without hope of finding it 草堆里寻针; 海底捞针
*Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack. 在这座大城市里寻找一个人犹如大海捞针. sharp as a needle => sharp. Cf 参看 pins and needles (pin1).
v [Tn] (infml 口) provoke or annoy (sb), esp with words 激怒或烦扰(某人)(尤指用言语)
*Stop needling him or he might hit you. 别再拿话激他了, 不然他会揍你.
1. The girl is always busy with her needle and thread. 这个女孩总是忙于针线活。
2. Then too, the triangle is one of only two places on earth where a compass needle points to true north rather than magnetic north, causing problems in navigation. 除此之外,此三角是地球上惟一的两个罗盘指针指向真正北方而不是磁极北方的地段之一,这就造成了航行上的麻烦。
3. Similarly, I can give you fluids through a needle in your arm, which will keep you fed as your appetite slips away; the fluids might add a week or two to your life. 同样,我也可以在你手臂上插上针管,通过它给你输液,这可以让你保持进食,因为你的食欲会渐渐消退;输液可能让你的生命延长一至二周。
4. I´ll mend the hole in your blouse if you give me a needle and thread. 你要是给我针和钱,我就给你把罩衫的洞补好。
5. I gave my finger a prick with a needle. 我的手指叫针给扎了一下.
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