| 单词 | needlepoint |
| 释义 | needlepoint (once / 63205 pages) n Needlepoint is a traditional art form that's done with thread on thick fabric. If your grandmother has a pillow with "Home Sweet Home" stitched on it, it's probably a work of needlepoint. When you do needlepoint, you use various colors of a thick thread or an even thicker yarn, stitching it through a stiff material with an open, grid-like weave. Using a pattern or your own design, your needlepoint creation might, for example, be a portrait of a cat you can on the wall or make into a pillow. Another type of needlepoint is lace that's made with a needle — this is the earlier meaning of the word, from the mid-1800s. WORD FAMILYneedlepoint: needlepoints USAGE EXAMPLESThis undated photo provided by Christie's shows a needlepoint cushion given to Ronald Reagan for his 70th birthday in 1981. US News(Jun 30, 2016) The needlepoint erases its maker; the poem about the needlepoint, though borrowing its formal idioms, restores Aunt Jennifer and her pain. The New Yorker(Jun 13, 2016) She leaned on a needlepoint pillow that read “It Ain’t Easy Being Queen.” The New Yorker(May 23, 2016) 1n embroidery consisting of allover embroidered canvas resembling tapestry Syn|Hypo|Hyper needlepoint embroidery gros point needlepoint embroidery done with large stitches petit pointneedlepoint done with small stitches embroidery, fancywork decorative needlework 2n lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern Syn|Hyper point lace lace a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns |
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