单词 | needle |
释义 | noun | verb needleneedle1 /ˈnidl/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 1SEWING a small thin piece of steel used for sewing, that has a point at one end and a hole in the other end: a needle and thread2DRUGS the sharp hollow metal part on the end of a syringe, which is pushed into your skin to put a drug or medicine into your body or to take out blood: The doctor stuck a needle in my arm.3TREE science, biology a small thin pointed leaf, especially from a pine or fir tree: pine needles4KNITTING a long thin stick used in knitting5MEDICAL TREATMENT medicine a short metal stick that is put into particular parts of the body as a part of acupuncture6SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT a long thin piece of metal on a scientific instrument, that moves backward and forward and points to numbers or directions: a compass needle7RECORDS the very small pointed part in a record player that picks up sound from the records: There must be some dust on the needle.8it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack informal used to say that something is almost impossible to find[Origin: Old English nædl] noun | verb needleneedle2 verb [transitive] to deliberately annoy someone by continuously making remarks that are not nice, or stupid jokes: Paula kept needling him about getting a job. |
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