| 单词 | needle |
| 释义 | needle /'nkdl; 'nidi/ n 1 small, thin piece of polished steel, pointed at one end and with a small hole at the other end for thread, used in sewing and darning. 针; 缝衣针。 look for a ~ i 、 n a haystack, (prov) engage in a hopeless search. (谚)从事无希望的搜索; 海底捞针。 as sharp as a ~, quickwitted; observant 非常机警; 非常敏锐。 '~-woman n (pl -women) woman who sews. 善缝籾的妇女; 善女 it 的妇女。 '~craft, '—work n [U] sewing; embroidery. 缝级; 刺绣; 女红。 pins and ， ~s, tpin'(1). 2 long, thin piece of polished wood, bone or metal (without an eye), with a pointed end (for knitting) or a hook (for crocheting). (木质、骨质或金属的无针孔的)编织针; 钩针(一端有钩，钩织用)。 3 thin steel pointer in a compass, showing the magnetic north; similar pointer in a telegraphic instrument. 磁针; 指南针; 电报机上之针。 4 sth like a ~⑴ in shape, appearance or use (eg the thin, pointed leaves of pine-trees; a sharp, pointed peak or rocky summit; the sharp, hollow end of a syringe used for giving injections). 针状物(如松树之针状叶、尖异、注射针)。 0 the illus at tree; syringe. 参看 tree, syringe 之插图。 5 stylus used in recording and playing gramophone records. (唱机用的)唱针。 Cf 参较 sapphire and diamond styluses. 6 the ~, (sl) nervous excitement: (俚) 激动; 兴奋： give sb the ~, provoke or excite him; 激怒或刺激某人; get the ~, be provoked. 被激怒。 7 obelisk: 方尖石碑; 方尖塔; 方尖柱碑： Cleopatra's ~, in London. (伦敦的)克利奥佩特拉尖塔。 vt 1 [VP6A, 15A] sew, pierce, operate on, with a ~; thread (one's -way) between or through things. 用针缝、刺穿或施手术; 穿过。 2 (colloq) goad, provoke (sb, esp by making cruel comments, etc). (俗)剌激或激怒(某人，尤指以残酷的批评等)。 |
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