| [/ˈniːdl; ˋnidl/] n 用法:
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. 用法:
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. 用法:
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）. 用法:
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) injection 注射; 打针:
She was given a needle for whooping cough. 她因患百日咳打了一针. 用法:
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. 用法:
6 [C] stylus used in playing gramophone records （唱机的）唱针. 用法:
7 [U] (infml) 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. 用法:
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). needle 2
v [Tn] (infml) 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. |