Definition of needle in English:

needle

noun ˈniːd(ə)lˈnidl

1A very fine slender piece of polished metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing.
（缝纫用的）针
a darning needle
Example sentencesExamples
- She sat down, smoothed out her dress, threaded the needle, and began.
- After the nurse stitched the wound with a sewing needle and cotton thread, the mother and baby were transferred and treated by Dr Valle and his colleagues at the nearest hospital.
- We do not know where she got the needle from because neither of us can remember the last time we used a needle and thread.
- Using sewing circles as a cover, women carried baskets of needles, thread and cloth to houses where they gathered to write, read poetry, teach and learn.
- Finally, on her twenty-seventh attempt, she let out a whoop of delight when the black thread slipped smoothly through the needle's hole.
- Assistants hold needles and thread, small scissors, and chains.
- Pass plays could be even more frustrating, since trying to accurately throw a piece of felt with the metal catapult was like trying to thread a needle from across the room.
- She could conceive a brilliant idea, get the right fabric and embellishments, but the man who sits at the sewing machine or with a needle and thread can virtually destroy her dream.
- She found 3 different colored spools of cloth, a few basic colors of thread, a sewing needle, a cheap pair of shoes, and a comb.
- Although she had never threaded a needle in her life, she discovered that she knew exactly how to alter the too-large gowns so that they would fit her tiny frame.
- I stand and look down at the needle as I thread it with ease and neatly begin stitching.
- It could be like trying to thread a needle on a bucking bronco.
- I prefer keeping a needle and thread on hand, just in case.
- Please bring material for costumes as well as needles and thread.
- He watched her thread her needle again, her slender, graceful fingers never erring despite the inadequate light.
- He saw an opening last Christmas, when her housekeeper was looking about for a needle and thread to fix a hole in Wilson's sweater.
- I got a job as a seamstress (for any sailor is handy with a needle and thread) mending clothes for the tailor.
- You can't even take a piece of thread or a needle with you.
- I can no longer thread needles (I used to be a world expert at that).
- Basic hand-sewing techniques were demonstrated: a whip stitch and a straight stitch, along with how to thread a needle and make a knot.
1. 1.1 A similar, larger instrument used in crafts such as crochet, knitting, and lacemaking.
  编结针，钩针
  Example sentencesExamples
  She gazed up above a small knitted quilt that was quickly materializing from two long needles and her experienced fingers.
  This Mohair Mystery was knit in garter stitch on size 17 needles with a decorative drop-stitch edge pattern.
  Later I went to Fleece Artist's website and I saw that they were saying the Goldilocks Shawl should be knit with 7 mm needles.
  It's just hard to make much progress when you're knitting on 2mm needles.
  Last night I had to restart my hat because when I joined the knitting on the circular needles, I accidentally left a twist in it, and it was unfixable.
  Mrs Bond is pleased with the response so far, with some people saying they have not knitted in years but will now take up their needles in a good cause.
  After the hospital I was planning on going to Lettuce Knit to buy some needles but decided against it, instead made the short walk from St. Mike's to the Flatiron.
  The little girl was scrawny and short, very plain, and had frightened eyes that were focused on the two needles she was trying to knit with.
  It's not often you go to a gig and get a pre-gig knitting class with free wool and needles.
  I seem to have finally mastered knitting on two circular needles!
  I am knitting it on 12 mm needles so I think it won't take me too long.
  Hand knitting had almost died out in recent years, but the click of the needles is being heard again and we're all purling up to the loveliest creations.
  After a few more tries over the next few days, I admitted defeat and tossed the yarn, needles and my knitting confidence to the back of the closet.
  I was able to knit to gauge without changing needles or anything.
  At the same time, they're unlikely to be ready for full-blown knitting on needles.
  I bought this kit last week at Lettuce Knit and I started making it with 6.5mm circular needles.
  The WI, which meets at 7.30 pm on the first Thursday of each month, provides the needles and wool and collects the knitting for the hospital.
  Etta took the worn cap in her hand and looked it over while Auntie click-clacked with her crochet needles.
  Today my grandma looked through my Rowan Junior book and decided that she too is going to take up the needles after a very long break from anything craft related and knit Amelia a little jumper.
  Dorean picked up her knitting once more, the needles flashing in the lamplight and clicking rhythmically.
2The pointed hollow end of a hypodermic syringe.
注射针，针头
Example sentencesExamples
- Recent research indicates that flushing or soaking needles and syringes with bleach may not be effective in killing HIV.
- To give the epidural anaesthetic, the anaesthetist passes a hollow needle into a small space just below the spinal cord.
- Reuse of syringes and needles puts patients at risk for cross contamination and health care workers at risk if a needle-stick injury occurs.
- A needle attached to a syringe, or to a special blood collecting container, is pushed into the vein and the syringe is used to draw out a sample of your blood.
- For example, when planning to purchase drugs and vaccines, managers should ensure adequate supplies of syringes, needles, and gloves.
- Breaks in aseptic technique can introduce microbial contamination into the vial via the needle, syringe, or rubber stopper.
- A clinic that provides drug users with clean needles, syringes, and a safe place to inject could substantially reduce syringe sharing, according to a recent study.
- Reduction in injecting drug use, as indicated by reduced output in the needle and syringe programmes, would be consistent with reduction in such infections at the population level.
- It can also spread through infected blood and shared needles or syringes contaminated with the virus.
- The waste contained nonrecyclable plastic, as well as hypodermic needles and intravenous drip tubes.
- A lot of mess and all the other steps involved in injecting are implicated in Hep-C transmission, not just the needle and syringe.
- He paid a $200 fine for possession of hypodermic syringes, needles, and other paraphernalia.
- If anaesthetic jelly is used, it will be squeezed into the urethra using a syringe without a needle, and will take effect in five to ten minutes.
- Remove the syringe, leaving the needle in the catheter, and attach a new catheter plug.
- They also provide sterile syringes and needles, as well as management of overdoses by medical personnel when necessary.
- Cysts are treated by drawing off the fluid with a small needle and syringe (aspiration).
- Examples include the use of hypodermic needles designed to protect healthcare workers against exposure to HIV from needle sticks.
- When collecting aspirated material or material with a needle and syringe, the specimen should not be placed on a swab.
- These raw tubes are made primarily from stainless steel or other metal alloys and are the basis for subdural insertion devices such as hypodermic needles.
- Then a hollow needle is inserted into the bone, and a syringe is used to draw out the liquid-like bone marrow.
1. 2.1 A very fine metal spike used in acupuncture.
  （针刺疗法中用的）毫针，金针
  Example sentencesExamples
  Acupressure has its origins in China and involves pressure, rather than needles, applied to acupuncture points to stimulate body hormones.
  The IR laser local stimulation next to the acupuncture needle seems to improve the circulation there.
  In traditional acupuncture, needles are applied to these points.
  At another conference earlier this month, she wore an acupuncture needle in the top of her ear.
  Some people may feel a slight sensation upon the insertion of the needle into precise acupuncture points, but this is brief and vanishes almost immediately.
  It's similar to acupuncture but without the needles.
  This store of Qi can easily be tapped into with acupuncture needles through those cavities connecting the eight vessels to the twelve channels.
  Both the acupuncture needles were therefore located near the proximal and distal ends of the implanted silicone tubes, respectively.
  Mr Chirali passed around some acupuncture needles which are disposable after use so no risk of cross-infection.
  This technique, known as digital acupuncture, utilises the same method as regular acupuncture without the needles.
  This form of Acupuncture involves using five needles on the outside of each ear.
  Acupuncturists can use as many as nine types of Acupuncture needles, though only six are commonly used today.
  Despite the needles involved, acupuncture is a much gentler science than you might think.
  For sham acupuncture, the needle was inserted gently 1.5 cm lateral to the related points.
  In this manner numerology strongly determines the ritual application of acupuncture needles.
  Those are acupuncture needles, which are designed to stimulate nerve points.
  In acupuncture treatment, fine needles are inserted into the skin at particular locations to alleviate the patient's symptoms.
  According to Chinese tradition, placing acupuncture needles in the ear affects specific organs, such as the liver and kidneys.
  Do patients generally freak out when they first see his big long disposable acupuncture needles?
  Chi-Gong is referred to as acupuncture without needles.
3A thin pointer on a dial, compass, or other instrument.
指针；磁针
the meter needle barely moved
Example sentencesExamples
- As he descends, his head is turning like the needle of an indecisive compass, his eyes taking in each and every bit of action on the docks below him.
- If you place a compass there, the needle won't move.
- What you will notice is that the compass needle swings.
- The two polar molecules act like compass needles, which are small bar magnets.
- The Earth's magnetic field aligns liquid particles much like tiny compass needles.
- They're like a pair of compass needles for the whole city.
- The needle of that compass is kindness, simple human kindness.
- Of course the weak magnet is far from being able to pick one up but the children can detect the effect by seeing that the end of their compass needle attracts itself to the coin, held near outside the plastic.
- These changes in the mind influence the tiny flow of electrical energy generated by the E-Meter, causing the needle on its dial to move.
- A new magnetic alloy produces no net field, making it a poor choice for compass needles, but it could be used to build new devices based on electron spins.
- The north magnetic pole, to which compass needles point from all over the Earth, moves day by day.
- The compass needle aligns itself with this field (perpendicular to the wire).
- This implies a net magnetic moment less robust than the compass needle of single-celled magnetotactic bacteria.
- Some 800,000 years ago, a compass needle would have pointed south, having previously pointed north.
- The testing is done by passing a weak current through the circuit in which a small galvanometer is included and if the needle of the instrument moves when a connexion is made the circuit is in order.
- The needle on the navigational instrument points directly to it, but you still can't spot the runway through the haze.
- Then Mr. Randi caused a compass needle to deflect by about 15° and caused several watches to advance.
- But in magnets, like a compass needle, more of the domains are lined up in the same direction, and so the material has an overall magnetic field.
- Getting back to the point, if we move in comparison to two objects [the needle and the printed dial], they apparently move compared to each other.
- Both students and instructors will have to interpret numbers rolling up and down a screen, rather than read needles on a dial.
Synonyms
indicator, pointer, marker, arrow, hand
4A stylus used to play records.
唱针
she wound the gramophone and lowered the needle on to the record
Example sentencesExamples
- The needle broke on my record player eighteen months ago and I haven't been able to get a new one yet.
- Drunk off the champagne, Ronan leaned in to give Rue a kiss, and surely would have if Hector had not pulled the needle off of the record, making an intolerable screeching sound.
- He slowly put down the pen he had in his hand, pulled the needle off the record, and sat down.
- An unexpected sharp vibration can cause the head to crash onto the surface of the disk, gouging it like a phonograph needle can scratch a record.
- They are something I, as a member of Parliament, have been on about, to the point of being like a needle in a cracked record, for many, many years.
- As the shot is made, the effects man, who has in front of him a copy of the cable message, drops the needle on an effects record and listeners hear the applause of the crowd as the shot reaches the boundary.
- Put the needle on the record, and pump up the jam!
- Cue the sound of a needle coming off a record abruptly.
- Then the needle skips on the record, and the hypnotic crackle of ancient vinyl roars in rhythmic waves.
- Keenan is aware of the psychic sound of a needle scraped across a record.
- It was the only band I could come up with, but man; it was like the needle dragging across the record.
- When the friend forgot to bring him his needles for the record player Chad attempted to re-enter the club.
- I put the needle on the record and we started to dance.
- The process is much like an old phonograph where the needle is the tip and the grooves in the vinyl record are the atoms.
- SIR - With all respect to the enthusiasm of those demanding a railway link between Bradford's two stations, the now well-worn record needs a new needle.
- I put the needle down on three records that never fail to change my mood.
- Then he held it lightly against the membrane of a yeast cell, so that like a record needle, it would record any movement and translate it into sound.
- It's a nice portrait of Strummer the hipster, talking his jive talk and dropping the needle on U Roy records to a worldwide audience.
- The opening vignette, ‘Lullaby for a Broken Dog’ is simple piano tinklings and a man's spoken words over the hiss and pop of a needle on an old record.
- When Lacuna anesthetizes him, it will repeat endlessly in a recurring dream, skipping like a needle on a scratched record.
Synonyms
stylus
1. 4.1 An etching tool.
  （蚀刻中的）刻针
  Example sentencesExamples
  The hard zinc plate, the surgicality of the etching needle and processes involving machines resist any illusion of a veridical access to the world or one's own emotions.
  Then the image is incised into the wax or resin layer with an etching needle.
  In her last years she continued with her art, though she gave up etching due to her loss of the visual acuity required by the etching needle.
2. 4.2 A steel pin exploding the cartridge of a breech-loading gun.
  撞针
  Example sentencesExamples
  Sailors who have only used Jasons pistols with the more common stainless steel needles are not at risk from this type of exposure.
5The sharp, stiff, slender leaf of a fir or pine tree.
松针
Example sentencesExamples
- Most nutrients in the soil actually come from fallen needles and leaves.
- She could hear the dry leaves and pine needles crushing beneath the stallion's hooves.
- Nests are a shallow scrape in the ground lined with dead twigs, needles, leaves, and feathers.
- The same colours ran up the striated bark of the pine trees whose needles were beginning to acquire the sated, dusty green of summer.
- I'd woken face down in pine needles and crushed leaves.
- Huge clusters of thorn bushes, fungus, tree roots and a carpet of dead leaves and pine needles made walking a chore.
- He didn't get very far before he collapsed into a pile of pine needles and slowly decaying leaves, hurting, weak, and exhausted.
- A large volume of soil can thus be sampled by analyzing appropriate parts of a tree, such as twigs, needles, leaves, or bark.
- Generally only a very hot fire, one fueled by drought and a heavy buildup of fallen leaves and pine needles, will kill a longleaf pine.
- It is built of moss, pine needles, leaves, twigs, bark, and other plant material, and lined with hair.
- The nest is built on the ground, a shallow depression under dense cover, lined with a few needles and leaves.
- Below my leather boots the ground is covered in an endless assortment of life: bronze pine needles, lobed oak leaves, a digger wasp.
- Shredded paper can be added to compost, so too can pine needles and gum leaves.
- Pine trees coated the edges, and I could start to see the more tropical trees that made up the core of the forest, so both dried leaves and pine needles coated the trail.
- Pine needles, shredded leaves, straw, and grass clippings from untreated lawns work well.
- All of a sudden across the clearing the other band burst out from between the trees in a dusting of leaves and pine needles.
- Woodchips, bark, grass clippings, leaves, pine needles, straw, and sawdust are examples of organic mulches.
- Instead of leaves they have needles, and they spread their seeds in cones.
- The conifers are a particularly interesting group to study as unlike cereals their leaves or needles are retained for several years.
- Usually 1 to 2 cm thick, it is composed of needles, leaves, twigs, and is dark brown in colour.
Synonyms
frond
6A pointed rock or peak.
尖岩，尖顶
just left of the needle is a steep wall for those who like bold climbing
Synonyms
top, peak, mountaintop, crest, crown, apex, vertex, apogee, tip, cap
1. 6.1 A group of rocks in the sea off the western tip of the Isle of Wight in southern England.
  针岩
2. 6.2 An obelisk.
  方尖塔
  Cleopatra's Needle
  克娄巴特拉方尖碑。
7British informal mass noun Hostility or antagonism provoked by rivalry.
〈英，非正式〉（尤指竞争所引发的）针锋相对；敌意
there is already a little bit of needle between the sides
双方都已有些敌意。
Example sentencesExamples
- There's always been a bit of needle between classicists and archeologists.
- ‘I've played him three times before and always beaten him, and there was a bit of needle from the start,’ Hann said.
- 11 mins: There's an interesting bit of needle going on here between Silvestre and Giannakopoulos.
- Moyes is the referee, which is just as well as the fixture generally has a bit of needle to it: the veterans needing to continually reassert their prowess over the younger generation.
- Wearsiders and Teessiders can enjoy the North East needle match, Middlesbrough v Sunderland, at the Skeldergate pub on Monday night.
- ‘There was a bit of needle that came from the semi-final,’ he agreed.
- Shipley's first and second teams are in the West Yorkshire Super League - and when they clash they are always needle matches.
- This needle match between France and Britain dates back at least to the hundred years war.
Synonyms
hostility, friction, enmity, antipathy, animus, opposition, dissension, rivalry, feud, conflict, discord, contention
8A beam used as a temporary support during underpinning.
撑木

verb ˈniːd(ə)lˈnidl

[with object]

1Prick or pierce with or as if with a needle.
用针穿刺（某物）；像针一样地刺（某物）
dust needled his eyes
灰尘使他的眼睛感到刺痛。
Example sentencesExamples
- We will have the similar effect by needling the same acupoint no matter on the same or a different subject.
- There have been calls for the medical profession to be better informed about how to treat farmers who've accidentally needled themselves with the OJD vaccine.
- On our walk, multi-hued birds fluttered overhead in the green forest and deodar trees tall as totems from some pantheon of forest gods vied with the pines to needle the sky.
- The text gave detailed descriptions of ‘the channels,’ naming the points on each, and listing their locations and how deeply each should be needled.
2informal Provoke or annoy (someone) by continual criticism or questioning.
〈非正式〉（尤指通过不断地批评或质疑）刺激；挑逗，惹…发火
I just said that to Charlie to needle him
我对查理说那些话就是想刺激他。
Example sentencesExamples
- So, for all those that think we are being racist by needling the French over this, I'd like to assure you of two things.
- But I would rather be needled by a performer than bored.
- 28 should be needled cautiously and superficially in those with very distended bladders.
- Throughout our conversation, as one veteran good-naturedly needles the other, all the teen-angst details come out.
Synonyms
goad, provoke, bait, taunt, pester, harass, prick, prod, sting
irritate, annoy, anger, vex, irk, nettle, pique, exasperate, infuriate, get on someone's nerves, rub up the wrong way, get/put someone's back up, ruffle someone's feathers, try someone's patience
informal aggravate, rile, niggle, get in someone's hair, hassle, get to, bug, miff, peeve, get under someone's skin, get up someone's nose, hack off
British informal wind up, get at, nark, get across
North American informal ride
New Zealand informal rark
vulgar slang piss off
rare exacerbate, hump, rasp

Phrases

the eye of a needle

A tiny aperture through which it would seem impossible to pass (especially with reference to Matt. 19:24).
针眼；无法通过的开口（尤指《马太福音》19：24）
Example sentencesExamples
- A supersized prole will pass through the eye of a needle before anyone not in the Party will be admitted to heaven.
- An army of tiny red eyes met him, none larger than the eye of a needle.
- I mean, if a camel can pass through the eye of a needle, anything's possible, right?
- He might be able to pass the ball through the eye of a needle, but would you like to be beside him in the trenches?
- I'd just as soon pass through the eye of a needle.
- The Christian bible quotes Jesus as saying it would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter heaven; or then there's the Irish saying: ‘There are no pockets in a shroud’.
- In reality, however, it may be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for bloggers to deliver you the election.
- His heart in smashed into pieces so small they could pass through the eye of a needle.
- If it's harder for a rich man to pass through the eye of a needle then we have whole societies in trouble.
- The Reds boss knew he was signing a world-class Argentinian midfielder with the ability to thread passes through the eye of a needle.

give someone the needle

informal Provoke or annoy someone.
Example sentencesExamples
- No need to give me the needle just because someone's given it to you.
- They'll get you after another one and give you the needle without a second thought about it.

a needle in a haystack

Something that is almost impossible to find because it is hidden among so many other things.
落进草垛里的一根针（比喻很难找的东西）
locating these fish can be like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack
Example sentencesExamples
- Unfortunately, we are looking for a needle in a haystack and you cannot hope to be able to prevent any such outrage as this.
- However, that would be nearly as impossible as finding a needle in a haystack.
- ‘It is like looking for a needle in a haystack,’ said Dr Hutchin.
- He walked bulls through china shops, contrived an actual change of horses in mid-stream during an election campaign and, to publicise a piece of real estate, spent 10 days searching for a needle in a haystack.
- His company helped clients with this matter, because trying to get information on a company in this country was comparable to trying to find a needle in a haystack.
- Trying to find a decent taxi there is like trying to find a needle in a haystack, with most of the taxis refusing to use their meter and demanding astronomical prices.
- We tried to find it afterwards with the lifeguards but it was like a needle in a haystack.
- Without a name or date getting more information is like finding a needle in a haystack.
- Or maybe it's in the archives, in which case it's like looking for a needle in a haystack so you might as well give up now and go searching on someone else's page instead.
- The fact of the matter is, is that, in a country the size of California, that 100 weapons inspectors are not going to be able to find the equivalent of a needle in a haystack.

Origin

Old English nǣdl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch naald and German Nadel, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nere 'to spin' and Greek nēma 'thread'.

Old English nǣdl, of Germanic origin, is related to Dutch naald, and German Nadel, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nere ‘to spin’ and Greek nēma ‘thread’. The colloquial use of the verb in the sense ‘irritate, annoy’ dates from the late 19th century.

Rhymes

beadle, bipedal, credal, wheedle

Definition of needle in US English:

needle

nounˈnēdlˈnidl

1A very fine slender piece of metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing.
（缝纫用的）针
Example sentencesExamples
- You can't even take a piece of thread or a needle with you.
- Please bring material for costumes as well as needles and thread.
- We do not know where she got the needle from because neither of us can remember the last time we used a needle and thread.
- She sat down, smoothed out her dress, threaded the needle, and began.
- It could be like trying to thread a needle on a bucking bronco.
- After the nurse stitched the wound with a sewing needle and cotton thread, the mother and baby were transferred and treated by Dr Valle and his colleagues at the nearest hospital.
- I prefer keeping a needle and thread on hand, just in case.
- Pass plays could be even more frustrating, since trying to accurately throw a piece of felt with the metal catapult was like trying to thread a needle from across the room.
- Finally, on her twenty-seventh attempt, she let out a whoop of delight when the black thread slipped smoothly through the needle's hole.
- Basic hand-sewing techniques were demonstrated: a whip stitch and a straight stitch, along with how to thread a needle and make a knot.
- He watched her thread her needle again, her slender, graceful fingers never erring despite the inadequate light.
- Although she had never threaded a needle in her life, she discovered that she knew exactly how to alter the too-large gowns so that they would fit her tiny frame.
- Assistants hold needles and thread, small scissors, and chains.
- I got a job as a seamstress (for any sailor is handy with a needle and thread) mending clothes for the tailor.
- He saw an opening last Christmas, when her housekeeper was looking about for a needle and thread to fix a hole in Wilson's sweater.
- She found 3 different colored spools of cloth, a few basic colors of thread, a sewing needle, a cheap pair of shoes, and a comb.
- Using sewing circles as a cover, women carried baskets of needles, thread and cloth to houses where they gathered to write, read poetry, teach and learn.
- I stand and look down at the needle as I thread it with ease and neatly begin stitching.
- I can no longer thread needles (I used to be a world expert at that).
- She could conceive a brilliant idea, get the right fabric and embellishments, but the man who sits at the sewing machine or with a needle and thread can virtually destroy her dream.
1. 1.1 An instrument used in crafts such as crochet, knitting, and lacemaking.
  编结针，钩针
  Example sentencesExamples
  The little girl was scrawny and short, very plain, and had frightened eyes that were focused on the two needles she was trying to knit with.
  It's just hard to make much progress when you're knitting on 2mm needles.
  After a few more tries over the next few days, I admitted defeat and tossed the yarn, needles and my knitting confidence to the back of the closet.
  I was able to knit to gauge without changing needles or anything.
  I seem to have finally mastered knitting on two circular needles!
  She gazed up above a small knitted quilt that was quickly materializing from two long needles and her experienced fingers.
  Etta took the worn cap in her hand and looked it over while Auntie click-clacked with her crochet needles.
  Dorean picked up her knitting once more, the needles flashing in the lamplight and clicking rhythmically.
  Later I went to Fleece Artist's website and I saw that they were saying the Goldilocks Shawl should be knit with 7 mm needles.
  This Mohair Mystery was knit in garter stitch on size 17 needles with a decorative drop-stitch edge pattern.
  It's not often you go to a gig and get a pre-gig knitting class with free wool and needles.
  Mrs Bond is pleased with the response so far, with some people saying they have not knitted in years but will now take up their needles in a good cause.
  I am knitting it on 12 mm needles so I think it won't take me too long.
  At the same time, they're unlikely to be ready for full-blown knitting on needles.
  Last night I had to restart my hat because when I joined the knitting on the circular needles, I accidentally left a twist in it, and it was unfixable.
  Today my grandma looked through my Rowan Junior book and decided that she too is going to take up the needles after a very long break from anything craft related and knit Amelia a little jumper.
  Hand knitting had almost died out in recent years, but the click of the needles is being heard again and we're all purling up to the loveliest creations.
  After the hospital I was planning on going to Lettuce Knit to buy some needles but decided against it, instead made the short walk from St. Mike's to the Flatiron.
  I bought this kit last week at Lettuce Knit and I started making it with 6.5mm circular needles.
  The WI, which meets at 7.30 pm on the first Thursday of each month, provides the needles and wool and collects the knitting for the hospital.
2The pointed hollow end of a hypodermic syringe.
注射针，针头
Example sentencesExamples
- When collecting aspirated material or material with a needle and syringe, the specimen should not be placed on a swab.
- If anaesthetic jelly is used, it will be squeezed into the urethra using a syringe without a needle, and will take effect in five to ten minutes.
- For example, when planning to purchase drugs and vaccines, managers should ensure adequate supplies of syringes, needles, and gloves.
- A needle attached to a syringe, or to a special blood collecting container, is pushed into the vein and the syringe is used to draw out a sample of your blood.
- Recent research indicates that flushing or soaking needles and syringes with bleach may not be effective in killing HIV.
- Cysts are treated by drawing off the fluid with a small needle and syringe (aspiration).
- He paid a $200 fine for possession of hypodermic syringes, needles, and other paraphernalia.
- A lot of mess and all the other steps involved in injecting are implicated in Hep-C transmission, not just the needle and syringe.
- A clinic that provides drug users with clean needles, syringes, and a safe place to inject could substantially reduce syringe sharing, according to a recent study.
- Then a hollow needle is inserted into the bone, and a syringe is used to draw out the liquid-like bone marrow.
- It can also spread through infected blood and shared needles or syringes contaminated with the virus.
- To give the epidural anaesthetic, the anaesthetist passes a hollow needle into a small space just below the spinal cord.
- These raw tubes are made primarily from stainless steel or other metal alloys and are the basis for subdural insertion devices such as hypodermic needles.
- They also provide sterile syringes and needles, as well as management of overdoses by medical personnel when necessary.
- Remove the syringe, leaving the needle in the catheter, and attach a new catheter plug.
- Examples include the use of hypodermic needles designed to protect healthcare workers against exposure to HIV from needle sticks.
- Breaks in aseptic technique can introduce microbial contamination into the vial via the needle, syringe, or rubber stopper.
- The waste contained nonrecyclable plastic, as well as hypodermic needles and intravenous drip tubes.
- Reduction in injecting drug use, as indicated by reduced output in the needle and syringe programmes, would be consistent with reduction in such infections at the population level.
- Reuse of syringes and needles puts patients at risk for cross contamination and health care workers at risk if a needle-stick injury occurs.
1. 2.1 A very fine metal spike used in acupuncture.
  （针刺疗法中用的）毫针，金针
  Example sentencesExamples
  The IR laser local stimulation next to the acupuncture needle seems to improve the circulation there.
  Despite the needles involved, acupuncture is a much gentler science than you might think.
  Acupressure has its origins in China and involves pressure, rather than needles, applied to acupuncture points to stimulate body hormones.
  Acupuncturists can use as many as nine types of Acupuncture needles, though only six are commonly used today.
  Chi-Gong is referred to as acupuncture without needles.
  It's similar to acupuncture but without the needles.
  For sham acupuncture, the needle was inserted gently 1.5 cm lateral to the related points.
  In acupuncture treatment, fine needles are inserted into the skin at particular locations to alleviate the patient's symptoms.
  According to Chinese tradition, placing acupuncture needles in the ear affects specific organs, such as the liver and kidneys.
  In traditional acupuncture, needles are applied to these points.
  This store of Qi can easily be tapped into with acupuncture needles through those cavities connecting the eight vessels to the twelve channels.
  Do patients generally freak out when they first see his big long disposable acupuncture needles?
  Some people may feel a slight sensation upon the insertion of the needle into precise acupuncture points, but this is brief and vanishes almost immediately.
  This form of Acupuncture involves using five needles on the outside of each ear.
  Those are acupuncture needles, which are designed to stimulate nerve points.
  Mr Chirali passed around some acupuncture needles which are disposable after use so no risk of cross-infection.
  This technique, known as digital acupuncture, utilises the same method as regular acupuncture without the needles.
  At another conference earlier this month, she wore an acupuncture needle in the top of her ear.
  Both the acupuncture needles were therefore located near the proximal and distal ends of the implanted silicone tubes, respectively.
  In this manner numerology strongly determines the ritual application of acupuncture needles.
3A thin pointer on a dial, compass, or other instrument.
指针；磁针
Example sentencesExamples
- Of course the weak magnet is far from being able to pick one up but the children can detect the effect by seeing that the end of their compass needle attracts itself to the coin, held near outside the plastic.
- The needle of that compass is kindness, simple human kindness.
- Some 800,000 years ago, a compass needle would have pointed south, having previously pointed north.
- A new magnetic alloy produces no net field, making it a poor choice for compass needles, but it could be used to build new devices based on electron spins.
- This implies a net magnetic moment less robust than the compass needle of single-celled magnetotactic bacteria.
- The Earth's magnetic field aligns liquid particles much like tiny compass needles.
- What you will notice is that the compass needle swings.
- But in magnets, like a compass needle, more of the domains are lined up in the same direction, and so the material has an overall magnetic field.
- They're like a pair of compass needles for the whole city.
- If you place a compass there, the needle won't move.
- As he descends, his head is turning like the needle of an indecisive compass, his eyes taking in each and every bit of action on the docks below him.
- The needle on the navigational instrument points directly to it, but you still can't spot the runway through the haze.
- Getting back to the point, if we move in comparison to two objects [the needle and the printed dial], they apparently move compared to each other.
- The north magnetic pole, to which compass needles point from all over the Earth, moves day by day.
- Both students and instructors will have to interpret numbers rolling up and down a screen, rather than read needles on a dial.
- Then Mr. Randi caused a compass needle to deflect by about 15° and caused several watches to advance.
- The compass needle aligns itself with this field (perpendicular to the wire).
- The testing is done by passing a weak current through the circuit in which a small galvanometer is included and if the needle of the instrument moves when a connexion is made the circuit is in order.
- The two polar molecules act like compass needles, which are small bar magnets.
- These changes in the mind influence the tiny flow of electrical energy generated by the E-Meter, causing the needle on its dial to move.
Synonyms
indicator, pointer, marker, arrow, hand
4A stylus used to play phonograph records.
唱针
Example sentencesExamples
- Drunk off the champagne, Ronan leaned in to give Rue a kiss, and surely would have if Hector had not pulled the needle off of the record, making an intolerable screeching sound.
- It was the only band I could come up with, but man; it was like the needle dragging across the record.
- I put the needle down on three records that never fail to change my mood.
- The needle broke on my record player eighteen months ago and I haven't been able to get a new one yet.
- They are something I, as a member of Parliament, have been on about, to the point of being like a needle in a cracked record, for many, many years.
- I put the needle on the record and we started to dance.
- When Lacuna anesthetizes him, it will repeat endlessly in a recurring dream, skipping like a needle on a scratched record.
- He slowly put down the pen he had in his hand, pulled the needle off the record, and sat down.
- Put the needle on the record, and pump up the jam!
- The process is much like an old phonograph where the needle is the tip and the grooves in the vinyl record are the atoms.
- Then the needle skips on the record, and the hypnotic crackle of ancient vinyl roars in rhythmic waves.
- When the friend forgot to bring him his needles for the record player Chad attempted to re-enter the club.
- SIR - With all respect to the enthusiasm of those demanding a railway link between Bradford's two stations, the now well-worn record needs a new needle.
- As the shot is made, the effects man, who has in front of him a copy of the cable message, drops the needle on an effects record and listeners hear the applause of the crowd as the shot reaches the boundary.
- It's a nice portrait of Strummer the hipster, talking his jive talk and dropping the needle on U Roy records to a worldwide audience.
- Keenan is aware of the psychic sound of a needle scraped across a record.
- An unexpected sharp vibration can cause the head to crash onto the surface of the disk, gouging it like a phonograph needle can scratch a record.
- Then he held it lightly against the membrane of a yeast cell, so that like a record needle, it would record any movement and translate it into sound.
- Cue the sound of a needle coming off a record abruptly.
- The opening vignette, ‘Lullaby for a Broken Dog’ is simple piano tinklings and a man's spoken words over the hiss and pop of a needle on an old record.
Synonyms
stylus
1. 4.1 An etching tool.
  （蚀刻中的）刻针
  Example sentencesExamples
  In her last years she continued with her art, though she gave up etching due to her loss of the visual acuity required by the etching needle.
  Then the image is incised into the wax or resin layer with an etching needle.
  The hard zinc plate, the surgicality of the etching needle and processes involving machines resist any illusion of a veridical access to the world or one's own emotions.
2. 4.2 A steel pin that explodes the cartridge of a breech-loading gun.
  撞针
  Example sentencesExamples
  Sailors who have only used Jasons pistols with the more common stainless steel needles are not at risk from this type of exposure.
5The sharp, stiff, slender leaf of a fir or pine tree.
松针
Example sentencesExamples
- I'd woken face down in pine needles and crushed leaves.
- Below my leather boots the ground is covered in an endless assortment of life: bronze pine needles, lobed oak leaves, a digger wasp.
- A large volume of soil can thus be sampled by analyzing appropriate parts of a tree, such as twigs, needles, leaves, or bark.
- The same colours ran up the striated bark of the pine trees whose needles were beginning to acquire the sated, dusty green of summer.
- Instead of leaves they have needles, and they spread their seeds in cones.
- Pine needles, shredded leaves, straw, and grass clippings from untreated lawns work well.
- He didn't get very far before he collapsed into a pile of pine needles and slowly decaying leaves, hurting, weak, and exhausted.
- Usually 1 to 2 cm thick, it is composed of needles, leaves, twigs, and is dark brown in colour.
- Woodchips, bark, grass clippings, leaves, pine needles, straw, and sawdust are examples of organic mulches.
- The conifers are a particularly interesting group to study as unlike cereals their leaves or needles are retained for several years.
- All of a sudden across the clearing the other band burst out from between the trees in a dusting of leaves and pine needles.
- Most nutrients in the soil actually come from fallen needles and leaves.
- Generally only a very hot fire, one fueled by drought and a heavy buildup of fallen leaves and pine needles, will kill a longleaf pine.
- Shredded paper can be added to compost, so too can pine needles and gum leaves.
- She could hear the dry leaves and pine needles crushing beneath the stallion's hooves.
- Huge clusters of thorn bushes, fungus, tree roots and a carpet of dead leaves and pine needles made walking a chore.
- The nest is built on the ground, a shallow depression under dense cover, lined with a few needles and leaves.
- Pine trees coated the edges, and I could start to see the more tropical trees that made up the core of the forest, so both dried leaves and pine needles coated the trail.
- Nests are a shallow scrape in the ground lined with dead twigs, needles, leaves, and feathers.
- It is built of moss, pine needles, leaves, twigs, bark, and other plant material, and lined with hair.
Synonyms
frond
6A pointed rock or peak.
尖岩，尖顶
Synonyms
top, peak, mountaintop, crest, crown, apex, vertex, apogee, tip, cap
1. 6.1 An obelisk.
  方尖塔
  Cleopatra's Needle
  克娄巴特拉方尖碑。
7A beam used as a temporary support during underpinning.
撑木

verbˈnēdlˈnidl

[with object]

1Prick or pierce (something) with or as if with a needle.
用针穿刺（某物）；像针一样地刺（某物）
dust needled his eyes
灰尘使他的眼睛感到刺痛。
Example sentencesExamples
- We will have the similar effect by needling the same acupoint no matter on the same or a different subject.
- On our walk, multi-hued birds fluttered overhead in the green forest and deodar trees tall as totems from some pantheon of forest gods vied with the pines to needle the sky.
- The text gave detailed descriptions of ‘the channels,’ naming the points on each, and listing their locations and how deeply each should be needled.
- There have been calls for the medical profession to be better informed about how to treat farmers who've accidentally needled themselves with the OJD vaccine.
2informal Provoke or annoy (someone) by continual criticism or questioning.
〈非正式〉（尤指通过不断地批评或质疑）刺激；挑逗，惹…发火
I just said that to Charlie to needle him
我对查理说那些话就是想刺激他。
Example sentencesExamples
- 28 should be needled cautiously and superficially in those with very distended bladders.
- Throughout our conversation, as one veteran good-naturedly needles the other, all the teen-angst details come out.
- But I would rather be needled by a performer than bored.
- So, for all those that think we are being racist by needling the French over this, I'd like to assure you of two things.
Synonyms
goad, provoke, bait, taunt, pester, harass, prick, prod, sting

Phrases

the eye of a needle

A tiny aperture or opening through which it would seem impossible to pass (especially with reference to Matt. 19:24).
针眼；无法通过的开口（尤指《马太福音》19：24）
Example sentencesExamples
- His heart in smashed into pieces so small they could pass through the eye of a needle.
- An army of tiny red eyes met him, none larger than the eye of a needle.
- I mean, if a camel can pass through the eye of a needle, anything's possible, right?
- I'd just as soon pass through the eye of a needle.
- In reality, however, it may be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for bloggers to deliver you the election.
- The Christian bible quotes Jesus as saying it would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter heaven; or then there's the Irish saying: ‘There are no pockets in a shroud’.
- A supersized prole will pass through the eye of a needle before anyone not in the Party will be admitted to heaven.
- If it's harder for a rich man to pass through the eye of a needle then we have whole societies in trouble.
- He might be able to pass the ball through the eye of a needle, but would you like to be beside him in the trenches?
- The Reds boss knew he was signing a world-class Argentinian midfielder with the ability to thread passes through the eye of a needle.

give someone the needle

informal Provoke or annoy someone.
Lady gives him the needle because she knows it isn't true
Example sentencesExamples
- They'll get you after another one and give you the needle without a second thought about it.
- No need to give me the needle just because someone's given it to you.

a needle in a haystack

Something that is almost impossible to find because it is hidden among so many other things.
落进草垛里的一根针（比喻很难找的东西）
Example sentencesExamples
- Unfortunately, we are looking for a needle in a haystack and you cannot hope to be able to prevent any such outrage as this.
- We tried to find it afterwards with the lifeguards but it was like a needle in a haystack.
- However, that would be nearly as impossible as finding a needle in a haystack.
- Or maybe it's in the archives, in which case it's like looking for a needle in a haystack so you might as well give up now and go searching on someone else's page instead.
- His company helped clients with this matter, because trying to get information on a company in this country was comparable to trying to find a needle in a haystack.
- ‘It is like looking for a needle in a haystack,’ said Dr Hutchin.
- The fact of the matter is, is that, in a country the size of California, that 100 weapons inspectors are not going to be able to find the equivalent of a needle in a haystack.
- Trying to find a decent taxi there is like trying to find a needle in a haystack, with most of the taxis refusing to use their meter and demanding astronomical prices.
- He walked bulls through china shops, contrived an actual change of horses in mid-stream during an election campaign and, to publicise a piece of real estate, spent 10 days searching for a needle in a haystack.
- Without a name or date getting more information is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Origin

Old English nǣdl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch naald and German Nadel, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nere ‘to spin’ and Greek nēma ‘thread’.

词汇	needle
释义	Definition of needle in English: needle noun ˈniːd(ə)lˈnidl 1A very fine slender piece of polished metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing. （缝纫用的）针 a darning needle Example sentencesExamples She sat down, smoothed out her dress, threaded the needle, and began. After the nurse stitched the wound with a sewing needle and cotton thread, the mother and baby were transferred and treated by Dr Valle and his colleagues at the nearest hospital. We do not know where she got the needle from because neither of us can remember the last time we used a needle and thread. Using sewing circles as a cover, women carried baskets of needles, thread and cloth to houses where they gathered to write, read poetry, teach and learn. Finally, on her twenty-seventh attempt, she let out a whoop of delight when the black thread slipped smoothly through the needle's hole. Assistants hold needles and thread, small scissors, and chains. Pass plays could be even more frustrating, since trying to accurately throw a piece of felt with the metal catapult was like trying to thread a needle from across the room. She could conceive a brilliant idea, get the right fabric and embellishments, but the man who sits at the sewing machine or with a needle and thread can virtually destroy her dream. She found 3 different colored spools of cloth, a few basic colors of thread, a sewing needle, a cheap pair of shoes, and a comb. Although she had never threaded a needle in her life, she discovered that she knew exactly how to alter the too-large gowns so that they would fit her tiny frame. I stand and look down at the needle as I thread it with ease and neatly begin stitching. It could be like trying to thread a needle on a bucking bronco. I prefer keeping a needle and thread on hand, just in case. Please bring material for costumes as well as needles and thread. He watched her thread her needle again, her slender, graceful fingers never erring despite the inadequate light. He saw an opening last Christmas, when her housekeeper was looking about for a needle and thread to fix a hole in Wilson's sweater. I got a job as a seamstress (for any sailor is handy with a needle and thread) mending clothes for the tailor. You can't even take a piece of thread or a needle with you. I can no longer thread needles (I used to be a world expert at that). Basic hand-sewing techniques were demonstrated: a whip stitch and a straight stitch, along with how to thread a needle and make a knot. 1.1 A similar, larger instrument used in crafts such as crochet, knitting, and lacemaking. 编结针，钩针 Example sentencesExamples She gazed up above a small knitted quilt that was quickly materializing from two long needles and her experienced fingers. This Mohair Mystery was knit in garter stitch on size 17 needles with a decorative drop-stitch edge pattern. Later I went to Fleece Artist's website and I saw that they were saying the Goldilocks Shawl should be knit with 7 mm needles. It's just hard to make much progress when you're knitting on 2mm needles. Last night I had to restart my hat because when I joined the knitting on the circular needles, I accidentally left a twist in it, and it was unfixable. Mrs Bond is pleased with the response so far, with some people saying they have not knitted in years but will now take up their needles in a good cause. After the hospital I was planning on going to Lettuce Knit to buy some needles but decided against it, instead made the short walk from St. Mike's to the Flatiron. The little girl was scrawny and short, very plain, and had frightened eyes that were focused on the two needles she was trying to knit with. It's not often you go to a gig and get a pre-gig knitting class with free wool and needles. I seem to have finally mastered knitting on two circular needles! I am knitting it on 12 mm needles so I think it won't take me too long. Hand knitting had almost died out in recent years, but the click of the needles is being heard again and we're all purling up to the loveliest creations. After a few more tries over the next few days, I admitted defeat and tossed the yarn, needles and my knitting confidence to the back of the closet. I was able to knit to gauge without changing needles or anything. At the same time, they're unlikely to be ready for full-blown knitting on needles. I bought this kit last week at Lettuce Knit and I started making it with 6.5mm circular needles. The WI, which meets at 7.30 pm on the first Thursday of each month, provides the needles and wool and collects the knitting for the hospital. Etta took the worn cap in her hand and looked it over while Auntie click-clacked with her crochet needles. Today my grandma looked through my Rowan Junior book and decided that she too is going to take up the needles after a very long break from anything craft related and knit Amelia a little jumper. Dorean picked up her knitting once more, the needles flashing in the lamplight and clicking rhythmically. 2The pointed hollow end of a hypodermic syringe. 注射针，针头 Example sentencesExamples Recent research indicates that flushing or soaking needles and syringes with bleach may not be effective in killing HIV. To give the epidural anaesthetic, the anaesthetist passes a hollow needle into a small space just below the spinal cord. Reuse of syringes and needles puts patients at risk for cross contamination and health care workers at risk if a needle-stick injury occurs. A needle attached to a syringe, or to a special blood collecting container, is pushed into the vein and the syringe is used to draw out a sample of your blood. For example, when planning to purchase drugs and vaccines, managers should ensure adequate supplies of syringes, needles, and gloves. Breaks in aseptic technique can introduce microbial contamination into the vial via the needle, syringe, or rubber stopper. A clinic that provides drug users with clean needles, syringes, and a safe place to inject could substantially reduce syringe sharing, according to a recent study. Reduction in injecting drug use, as indicated by reduced output in the needle and syringe programmes, would be consistent with reduction in such infections at the population level. It can also spread through infected blood and shared needles or syringes contaminated with the virus. The waste contained nonrecyclable plastic, as well as hypodermic needles and intravenous drip tubes. A lot of mess and all the other steps involved in injecting are implicated in Hep-C transmission, not just the needle and syringe. He paid a $200 fine for possession of hypodermic syringes, needles, and other paraphernalia. If anaesthetic jelly is used, it will be squeezed into the urethra using a syringe without a needle, and will take effect in five to ten minutes. Remove the syringe, leaving the needle in the catheter, and attach a new catheter plug. They also provide sterile syringes and needles, as well as management of overdoses by medical personnel when necessary. Cysts are treated by drawing off the fluid with a small needle and syringe (aspiration). Examples include the use of hypodermic needles designed to protect healthcare workers against exposure to HIV from needle sticks. When collecting aspirated material or material with a needle and syringe, the specimen should not be placed on a swab. These raw tubes are made primarily from stainless steel or other metal alloys and are the basis for subdural insertion devices such as hypodermic needles. Then a hollow needle is inserted into the bone, and a syringe is used to draw out the liquid-like bone marrow. 2.1 A very fine metal spike used in acupuncture. （针刺疗法中用的）毫针，金针 Example sentencesExamples Acupressure has its origins in China and involves pressure, rather than needles, applied to acupuncture points to stimulate body hormones. The IR laser local stimulation next to the acupuncture needle seems to improve the circulation there. In traditional acupuncture, needles are applied to these points. At another conference earlier this month, she wore an acupuncture needle in the top of her ear. Some people may feel a slight sensation upon the insertion of the needle into precise acupuncture points, but this is brief and vanishes almost immediately. It's similar to acupuncture but without the needles. This store of Qi can easily be tapped into with acupuncture needles through those cavities connecting the eight vessels to the twelve channels. Both the acupuncture needles were therefore located near the proximal and distal ends of the implanted silicone tubes, respectively. Mr Chirali passed around some acupuncture needles which are disposable after use so no risk of cross-infection. This technique, known as digital acupuncture, utilises the same method as regular acupuncture without the needles. This form of Acupuncture involves using five needles on the outside of each ear. Acupuncturists can use as many as nine types of Acupuncture needles, though only six are commonly used today. Despite the needles involved, acupuncture is a much gentler science than you might think. For sham acupuncture, the needle was inserted gently 1.5 cm lateral to the related points. In this manner numerology strongly determines the ritual application of acupuncture needles. Those are acupuncture needles, which are designed to stimulate nerve points. In acupuncture treatment, fine needles are inserted into the skin at particular locations to alleviate the patient's symptoms. According to Chinese tradition, placing acupuncture needles in the ear affects specific organs, such as the liver and kidneys. Do patients generally freak out when they first see his big long disposable acupuncture needles? Chi-Gong is referred to as acupuncture without needles. 3A thin pointer on a dial, compass, or other instrument. 指针；磁针 the meter needle barely moved Example sentencesExamples As he descends, his head is turning like the needle of an indecisive compass, his eyes taking in each and every bit of action on the docks below him. If you place a compass there, the needle won't move. What you will notice is that the compass needle swings. The two polar molecules act like compass needles, which are small bar magnets. The Earth's magnetic field aligns liquid particles much like tiny compass needles. They're like a pair of compass needles for the whole city. The needle of that compass is kindness, simple human kindness. Of course the weak magnet is far from being able to pick one up but the children can detect the effect by seeing that the end of their compass needle attracts itself to the coin, held near outside the plastic. These changes in the mind influence the tiny flow of electrical energy generated by the E-Meter, causing the needle on its dial to move. A new magnetic alloy produces no net field, making it a poor choice for compass needles, but it could be used to build new devices based on electron spins. The north magnetic pole, to which compass needles point from all over the Earth, moves day by day. The compass needle aligns itself with this field (perpendicular to the wire). This implies a net magnetic moment less robust than the compass needle of single-celled magnetotactic bacteria. Some 800,000 years ago, a compass needle would have pointed south, having previously pointed north. The testing is done by passing a weak current through the circuit in which a small galvanometer is included and if the needle of the instrument moves when a connexion is made the circuit is in order. The needle on the navigational instrument points directly to it, but you still can't spot the runway through the haze. Then Mr. Randi caused a compass needle to deflect by about 15° and caused several watches to advance. But in magnets, like a compass needle, more of the domains are lined up in the same direction, and so the material has an overall magnetic field. Getting back to the point, if we move in comparison to two objects [the needle and the printed dial], they apparently move compared to each other. Both students and instructors will have to interpret numbers rolling up and down a screen, rather than read needles on a dial. Synonyms indicator, pointer, marker, arrow, hand 4A stylus used to play records. 唱针 she wound the gramophone and lowered the needle on to the record Example sentencesExamples The needle broke on my record player eighteen months ago and I haven't been able to get a new one yet. Drunk off the champagne, Ronan leaned in to give Rue a kiss, and surely would have if Hector had not pulled the needle off of the record, making an intolerable screeching sound. He slowly put down the pen he had in his hand, pulled the needle off the record, and sat down. An unexpected sharp vibration can cause the head to crash onto the surface of the disk, gouging it like a phonograph needle can scratch a record. They are something I, as a member of Parliament, have been on about, to the point of being like a needle in a cracked record, for many, many years. As the shot is made, the effects man, who has in front of him a copy of the cable message, drops the needle on an effects record and listeners hear the applause of the crowd as the shot reaches the boundary. Put the needle on the record, and pump up the jam! Cue the sound of a needle coming off a record abruptly. Then the needle skips on the record, and the hypnotic crackle of ancient vinyl roars in rhythmic waves. Keenan is aware of the psychic sound of a needle scraped across a record. It was the only band I could come up with, but man; it was like the needle dragging across the record. When the friend forgot to bring him his needles for the record player Chad attempted to re-enter the club. I put the needle on the record and we started to dance. The process is much like an old phonograph where the needle is the tip and the grooves in the vinyl record are the atoms. SIR - With all respect to the enthusiasm of those demanding a railway link between Bradford's two stations, the now well-worn record needs a new needle. I put the needle down on three records that never fail to change my mood. Then he held it lightly against the membrane of a yeast cell, so that like a record needle, it would record any movement and translate it into sound. It's a nice portrait of Strummer the hipster, talking his jive talk and dropping the needle on U Roy records to a worldwide audience. The opening vignette, ‘Lullaby for a Broken Dog’ is simple piano tinklings and a man's spoken words over the hiss and pop of a needle on an old record. When Lacuna anesthetizes him, it will repeat endlessly in a recurring dream, skipping like a needle on a scratched record. Synonyms stylus 4.1 An etching tool. （蚀刻中的）刻针 Example sentencesExamples The hard zinc plate, the surgicality of the etching needle and processes involving machines resist any illusion of a veridical access to the world or one's own emotions. Then the image is incised into the wax or resin layer with an etching needle. In her last years she continued with her art, though she gave up etching due to her loss of the visual acuity required by the etching needle. 4.2 A steel pin exploding the cartridge of a breech-loading gun. 撞针 Example sentencesExamples Sailors who have only used Jasons pistols with the more common stainless steel needles are not at risk from this type of exposure. 5The sharp, stiff, slender leaf of a fir or pine tree. 松针 Example sentencesExamples Most nutrients in the soil actually come from fallen needles and leaves. She could hear the dry leaves and pine needles crushing beneath the stallion's hooves. Nests are a shallow scrape in the ground lined with dead twigs, needles, leaves, and feathers. The same colours ran up the striated bark of the pine trees whose needles were beginning to acquire the sated, dusty green of summer. I'd woken face down in pine needles and crushed leaves. Huge clusters of thorn bushes, fungus, tree roots and a carpet of dead leaves and pine needles made walking a chore. He didn't get very far before he collapsed into a pile of pine needles and slowly decaying leaves, hurting, weak, and exhausted. A large volume of soil can thus be sampled by analyzing appropriate parts of a tree, such as twigs, needles, leaves, or bark. Generally only a very hot fire, one fueled by drought and a heavy buildup of fallen leaves and pine needles, will kill a longleaf pine. It is built of moss, pine needles, leaves, twigs, bark, and other plant material, and lined with hair. The nest is built on the ground, a shallow depression under dense cover, lined with a few needles and leaves. Below my leather boots the ground is covered in an endless assortment of life: bronze pine needles, lobed oak leaves, a digger wasp. Shredded paper can be added to compost, so too can pine needles and gum leaves. Pine trees coated the edges, and I could start to see the more tropical trees that made up the core of the forest, so both dried leaves and pine needles coated the trail. Pine needles, shredded leaves, straw, and grass clippings from untreated lawns work well. All of a sudden across the clearing the other band burst out from between the trees in a dusting of leaves and pine needles. Woodchips, bark, grass clippings, leaves, pine needles, straw, and sawdust are examples of organic mulches. Instead of leaves they have needles, and they spread their seeds in cones. The conifers are a particularly interesting group to study as unlike cereals their leaves or needles are retained for several years. Usually 1 to 2 cm thick, it is composed of needles, leaves, twigs, and is dark brown in colour. Synonyms frond 6A pointed rock or peak. 尖岩，尖顶 just left of the needle is a steep wall for those who like bold climbing Synonyms top, peak, mountaintop, crest, crown, apex, vertex, apogee, tip, cap 6.1 A group of rocks in the sea off the western tip of the Isle of Wight in southern England. 针岩 6.2 An obelisk. 方尖塔 Cleopatra's Needle 克娄巴特拉方尖碑。 7British informal mass noun Hostility or antagonism provoked by rivalry. 〈英，非正式〉（尤指竞争所引发的）针锋相对；敌意 there is already a little bit of needle between the sides 双方都已有些敌意。 Example sentencesExamples There's always been a bit of needle between classicists and archeologists. ‘I've played him three times before and always beaten him, and there was a bit of needle from the start,’ Hann said. 11 mins: There's an interesting bit of needle going on here between Silvestre and Giannakopoulos. Moyes is the referee, which is just as well as the fixture generally has a bit of needle to it: the veterans needing to continually reassert their prowess over the younger generation. Wearsiders and Teessiders can enjoy the North East needle match, Middlesbrough v Sunderland, at the Skeldergate pub on Monday night. ‘There was a bit of needle that came from the semi-final,’ he agreed. Shipley's first and second teams are in the West Yorkshire Super League - and when they clash they are always needle matches. This needle match between France and Britain dates back at least to the hundred years war. Synonyms hostility, friction, enmity, antipathy, animus, opposition, dissension, rivalry, feud, conflict, discord, contention 8A beam used as a temporary support during underpinning. 撑木 verb ˈniːd(ə)lˈnidl [with object] 1Prick or pierce with or as if with a needle. 用针穿刺（某物）；像针一样地刺（某物） dust needled his eyes 灰尘使他的眼睛感到刺痛。 Example sentencesExamples We will have the similar effect by needling the same acupoint no matter on the same or a different subject. There have been calls for the medical profession to be better informed about how to treat farmers who've accidentally needled themselves with the OJD vaccine. On our walk, multi-hued birds fluttered overhead in the green forest and deodar trees tall as totems from some pantheon of forest gods vied with the pines to needle the sky. The text gave detailed descriptions of ‘the channels,’ naming the points on each, and listing their locations and how deeply each should be needled. 2informal Provoke or annoy (someone) by continual criticism or questioning. 〈非正式〉（尤指通过不断地批评或质疑）刺激；挑逗，惹…发火 I just said that to Charlie to needle him 我对查理说那些话就是想刺激他。 Example sentencesExamples So, for all those that think we are being racist by needling the French over this, I'd like to assure you of two things. But I would rather be needled by a performer than bored. 28 should be needled cautiously and superficially in those with very distended bladders. Throughout our conversation, as one veteran good-naturedly needles the other, all the teen-angst details come out. Synonyms goad, provoke, bait, taunt, pester, harass, prick, prod, sting irritate, annoy, anger, vex, irk, nettle, pique, exasperate, infuriate, get on someone's nerves, rub up the wrong way, get/put someone's back up, ruffle someone's feathers, try someone's patience informal aggravate, rile, niggle, get in someone's hair, hassle, get to, bug, miff, peeve, get under someone's skin, get up someone's nose, hack off British informal wind up, get at, nark, get across North American informal ride New Zealand informal rark vulgar slang piss off rare exacerbate, hump, rasp Phrases the eye of a needle A tiny aperture through which it would seem impossible to pass (especially with reference to Matt. 19:24). 针眼；无法通过的开口（尤指《马太福音》19：24） Example sentencesExamples A supersized prole will pass through the eye of a needle before anyone not in the Party will be admitted to heaven. An army of tiny red eyes met him, none larger than the eye of a needle. I mean, if a camel can pass through the eye of a needle, anything's possible, right? He might be able to pass the ball through the eye of a needle, but would you like to be beside him in the trenches? I'd just as soon pass through the eye of a needle. The Christian bible quotes Jesus as saying it would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter heaven; or then there's the Irish saying: ‘There are no pockets in a shroud’. In reality, however, it may be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for bloggers to deliver you the election. His heart in smashed into pieces so small they could pass through the eye of a needle. If it's harder for a rich man to pass through the eye of a needle then we have whole societies in trouble. The Reds boss knew he was signing a world-class Argentinian midfielder with the ability to thread passes through the eye of a needle. give someone the needle informal Provoke or annoy someone. Example sentencesExamples No need to give me the needle just because someone's given it to you. They'll get you after another one and give you the needle without a second thought about it. a needle in a haystack Something that is almost impossible to find because it is hidden among so many other things. 落进草垛里的一根针（比喻很难找的东西） locating these fish can be like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack Example sentencesExamples Unfortunately, we are looking for a needle in a haystack and you cannot hope to be able to prevent any such outrage as this. However, that would be nearly as impossible as finding a needle in a haystack. ‘It is like looking for a needle in a haystack,’ said Dr Hutchin. He walked bulls through china shops, contrived an actual change of horses in mid-stream during an election campaign and, to publicise a piece of real estate, spent 10 days searching for a needle in a haystack. His company helped clients with this matter, because trying to get information on a company in this country was comparable to trying to find a needle in a haystack. Trying to find a decent taxi there is like trying to find a needle in a haystack, with most of the taxis refusing to use their meter and demanding astronomical prices. We tried to find it afterwards with the lifeguards but it was like a needle in a haystack. Without a name or date getting more information is like finding a needle in a haystack. Or maybe it's in the archives, in which case it's like looking for a needle in a haystack so you might as well give up now and go searching on someone else's page instead. The fact of the matter is, is that, in a country the size of California, that 100 weapons inspectors are not going to be able to find the equivalent of a needle in a haystack. Origin Old English nǣdl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch naald and German Nadel, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nere 'to spin' and Greek nēma 'thread'. Old English nǣdl, of Germanic origin, is related to Dutch naald, and German Nadel, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nere ‘to spin’ and Greek nēma ‘thread’. The colloquial use of the verb in the sense ‘irritate, annoy’ dates from the late 19th century. Rhymes beadle, bipedal, credal, wheedle noun.1 phr. Definition of needle in US English: needle nounˈnēdlˈnidl 1A very fine slender piece of metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing. （缝纫用的）针 Example sentencesExamples You can't even take a piece of thread or a needle with you. Please bring material for costumes as well as needles and thread. We do not know where she got the needle from because neither of us can remember the last time we used a needle and thread. She sat down, smoothed out her dress, threaded the needle, and began. It could be like trying to thread a needle on a bucking bronco. After the nurse stitched the wound with a sewing needle and cotton thread, the mother and baby were transferred and treated by Dr Valle and his colleagues at the nearest hospital. I prefer keeping a needle and thread on hand, just in case. Pass plays could be even more frustrating, since trying to accurately throw a piece of felt with the metal catapult was like trying to thread a needle from across the room. Finally, on her twenty-seventh attempt, she let out a whoop of delight when the black thread slipped smoothly through the needle's hole. Basic hand-sewing techniques were demonstrated: a whip stitch and a straight stitch, along with how to thread a needle and make a knot. He watched her thread her needle again, her slender, graceful fingers never erring despite the inadequate light. Although she had never threaded a needle in her life, she discovered that she knew exactly how to alter the too-large gowns so that they would fit her tiny frame. Assistants hold needles and thread, small scissors, and chains. I got a job as a seamstress (for any sailor is handy with a needle and thread) mending clothes for the tailor. He saw an opening last Christmas, when her housekeeper was looking about for a needle and thread to fix a hole in Wilson's sweater. She found 3 different colored spools of cloth, a few basic colors of thread, a sewing needle, a cheap pair of shoes, and a comb. Using sewing circles as a cover, women carried baskets of needles, thread and cloth to houses where they gathered to write, read poetry, teach and learn. I stand and look down at the needle as I thread it with ease and neatly begin stitching. I can no longer thread needles (I used to be a world expert at that). She could conceive a brilliant idea, get the right fabric and embellishments, but the man who sits at the sewing machine or with a needle and thread can virtually destroy her dream. 1.1 An instrument used in crafts such as crochet, knitting, and lacemaking. 编结针，钩针 Example sentencesExamples The little girl was scrawny and short, very plain, and had frightened eyes that were focused on the two needles she was trying to knit with. It's just hard to make much progress when you're knitting on 2mm needles. After a few more tries over the next few days, I admitted defeat and tossed the yarn, needles and my knitting confidence to the back of the closet. I was able to knit to gauge without changing needles or anything. I seem to have finally mastered knitting on two circular needles! She gazed up above a small knitted quilt that was quickly materializing from two long needles and her experienced fingers. Etta took the worn cap in her hand and looked it over while Auntie click-clacked with her crochet needles. Dorean picked up her knitting once more, the needles flashing in the lamplight and clicking rhythmically. Later I went to Fleece Artist's website and I saw that they were saying the Goldilocks Shawl should be knit with 7 mm needles. This Mohair Mystery was knit in garter stitch on size 17 needles with a decorative drop-stitch edge pattern. It's not often you go to a gig and get a pre-gig knitting class with free wool and needles. Mrs Bond is pleased with the response so far, with some people saying they have not knitted in years but will now take up their needles in a good cause. I am knitting it on 12 mm needles so I think it won't take me too long. At the same time, they're unlikely to be ready for full-blown knitting on needles. Last night I had to restart my hat because when I joined the knitting on the circular needles, I accidentally left a twist in it, and it was unfixable. Today my grandma looked through my Rowan Junior book and decided that she too is going to take up the needles after a very long break from anything craft related and knit Amelia a little jumper. Hand knitting had almost died out in recent years, but the click of the needles is being heard again and we're all purling up to the loveliest creations. After the hospital I was planning on going to Lettuce Knit to buy some needles but decided against it, instead made the short walk from St. Mike's to the Flatiron. I bought this kit last week at Lettuce Knit and I started making it with 6.5mm circular needles. The WI, which meets at 7.30 pm on the first Thursday of each month, provides the needles and wool and collects the knitting for the hospital. 2The pointed hollow end of a hypodermic syringe. 注射针，针头 Example sentencesExamples When collecting aspirated material or material with a needle and syringe, the specimen should not be placed on a swab. If anaesthetic jelly is used, it will be squeezed into the urethra using a syringe without a needle, and will take effect in five to ten minutes. For example, when planning to purchase drugs and vaccines, managers should ensure adequate supplies of syringes, needles, and gloves. A needle attached to a syringe, or to a special blood collecting container, is pushed into the vein and the syringe is used to draw out a sample of your blood. Recent research indicates that flushing or soaking needles and syringes with bleach may not be effective in killing HIV. Cysts are treated by drawing off the fluid with a small needle and syringe (aspiration). He paid a $200 fine for possession of hypodermic syringes, needles, and other paraphernalia. A lot of mess and all the other steps involved in injecting are implicated in Hep-C transmission, not just the needle and syringe. A clinic that provides drug users with clean needles, syringes, and a safe place to inject could substantially reduce syringe sharing, according to a recent study. Then a hollow needle is inserted into the bone, and a syringe is used to draw out the liquid-like bone marrow. It can also spread through infected blood and shared needles or syringes contaminated with the virus. To give the epidural anaesthetic, the anaesthetist passes a hollow needle into a small space just below the spinal cord. These raw tubes are made primarily from stainless steel or other metal alloys and are the basis for subdural insertion devices such as hypodermic needles. They also provide sterile syringes and needles, as well as management of overdoses by medical personnel when necessary. Remove the syringe, leaving the needle in the catheter, and attach a new catheter plug. Examples include the use of hypodermic needles designed to protect healthcare workers against exposure to HIV from needle sticks. Breaks in aseptic technique can introduce microbial contamination into the vial via the needle, syringe, or rubber stopper. The waste contained nonrecyclable plastic, as well as hypodermic needles and intravenous drip tubes. Reduction in injecting drug use, as indicated by reduced output in the needle and syringe programmes, would be consistent with reduction in such infections at the population level. Reuse of syringes and needles puts patients at risk for cross contamination and health care workers at risk if a needle-stick injury occurs. 2.1 A very fine metal spike used in acupuncture. （针刺疗法中用的）毫针，金针 Example sentencesExamples The IR laser local stimulation next to the acupuncture needle seems to improve the circulation there. Despite the needles involved, acupuncture is a much gentler science than you might think. Acupressure has its origins in China and involves pressure, rather than needles, applied to acupuncture points to stimulate body hormones. Acupuncturists can use as many as nine types of Acupuncture needles, though only six are commonly used today. Chi-Gong is referred to as acupuncture without needles. It's similar to acupuncture but without the needles. For sham acupuncture, the needle was inserted gently 1.5 cm lateral to the related points. In acupuncture treatment, fine needles are inserted into the skin at particular locations to alleviate the patient's symptoms. According to Chinese tradition, placing acupuncture needles in the ear affects specific organs, such as the liver and kidneys. In traditional acupuncture, needles are applied to these points. This store of Qi can easily be tapped into with acupuncture needles through those cavities connecting the eight vessels to the twelve channels. Do patients generally freak out when they first see his big long disposable acupuncture needles? Some people may feel a slight sensation upon the insertion of the needle into precise acupuncture points, but this is brief and vanishes almost immediately. This form of Acupuncture involves using five needles on the outside of each ear. Those are acupuncture needles, which are designed to stimulate nerve points. Mr Chirali passed around some acupuncture needles which are disposable after use so no risk of cross-infection. This technique, known as digital acupuncture, utilises the same method as regular acupuncture without the needles. At another conference earlier this month, she wore an acupuncture needle in the top of her ear. Both the acupuncture needles were therefore located near the proximal and distal ends of the implanted silicone tubes, respectively. In this manner numerology strongly determines the ritual application of acupuncture needles. 3A thin pointer on a dial, compass, or other instrument. 指针；磁针 Example sentencesExamples Of course the weak magnet is far from being able to pick one up but the children can detect the effect by seeing that the end of their compass needle attracts itself to the coin, held near outside the plastic. The needle of that compass is kindness, simple human kindness. Some 800,000 years ago, a compass needle would have pointed south, having previously pointed north. A new magnetic alloy produces no net field, making it a poor choice for compass needles, but it could be used to build new devices based on electron spins. This implies a net magnetic moment less robust than the compass needle of single-celled magnetotactic bacteria. The Earth's magnetic field aligns liquid particles much like tiny compass needles. What you will notice is that the compass needle swings. But in magnets, like a compass needle, more of the domains are lined up in the same direction, and so the material has an overall magnetic field. They're like a pair of compass needles for the whole city. If you place a compass there, the needle won't move. As he descends, his head is turning like the needle of an indecisive compass, his eyes taking in each and every bit of action on the docks below him. The needle on the navigational instrument points directly to it, but you still can't spot the runway through the haze. Getting back to the point, if we move in comparison to two objects [the needle and the printed dial], they apparently move compared to each other. The north magnetic pole, to which compass needles point from all over the Earth, moves day by day. Both students and instructors will have to interpret numbers rolling up and down a screen, rather than read needles on a dial. Then Mr. Randi caused a compass needle to deflect by about 15° and caused several watches to advance. The compass needle aligns itself with this field (perpendicular to the wire). The testing is done by passing a weak current through the circuit in which a small galvanometer is included and if the needle of the instrument moves when a connexion is made the circuit is in order. The two polar molecules act like compass needles, which are small bar magnets. These changes in the mind influence the tiny flow of electrical energy generated by the E-Meter, causing the needle on its dial to move. Synonyms indicator, pointer, marker, arrow, hand 4A stylus used to play phonograph records. 唱针 Example sentencesExamples Drunk off the champagne, Ronan leaned in to give Rue a kiss, and surely would have if Hector had not pulled the needle off of the record, making an intolerable screeching sound. It was the only band I could come up with, but man; it was like the needle dragging across the record. I put the needle down on three records that never fail to change my mood. The needle broke on my record player eighteen months ago and I haven't been able to get a new one yet. They are something I, as a member of Parliament, have been on about, to the point of being like a needle in a cracked record, for many, many years. I put the needle on the record and we started to dance. When Lacuna anesthetizes him, it will repeat endlessly in a recurring dream, skipping like a needle on a scratched record. He slowly put down the pen he had in his hand, pulled the needle off the record, and sat down. Put the needle on the record, and pump up the jam! The process is much like an old phonograph where the needle is the tip and the grooves in the vinyl record are the atoms. Then the needle skips on the record, and the hypnotic crackle of ancient vinyl roars in rhythmic waves. When the friend forgot to bring him his needles for the record player Chad attempted to re-enter the club. SIR - With all respect to the enthusiasm of those demanding a railway link between Bradford's two stations, the now well-worn record needs a new needle. As the shot is made, the effects man, who has in front of him a copy of the cable message, drops the needle on an effects record and listeners hear the applause of the crowd as the shot reaches the boundary. It's a nice portrait of Strummer the hipster, talking his jive talk and dropping the needle on U Roy records to a worldwide audience. Keenan is aware of the psychic sound of a needle scraped across a record. An unexpected sharp vibration can cause the head to crash onto the surface of the disk, gouging it like a phonograph needle can scratch a record. Then he held it lightly against the membrane of a yeast cell, so that like a record needle, it would record any movement and translate it into sound. Cue the sound of a needle coming off a record abruptly. The opening vignette, ‘Lullaby for a Broken Dog’ is simple piano tinklings and a man's spoken words over the hiss and pop of a needle on an old record. Synonyms stylus 4.1 An etching tool. （蚀刻中的）刻针 Example sentencesExamples In her last years she continued with her art, though she gave up etching due to her loss of the visual acuity required by the etching needle. Then the image is incised into the wax or resin layer with an etching needle. The hard zinc plate, the surgicality of the etching needle and processes involving machines resist any illusion of a veridical access to the world or one's own emotions. 4.2 A steel pin that explodes the cartridge of a breech-loading gun. 撞针 Example sentencesExamples Sailors who have only used Jasons pistols with the more common stainless steel needles are not at risk from this type of exposure. 5The sharp, stiff, slender leaf of a fir or pine tree. 松针 Example sentencesExamples I'd woken face down in pine needles and crushed leaves. Below my leather boots the ground is covered in an endless assortment of life: bronze pine needles, lobed oak leaves, a digger wasp. A large volume of soil can thus be sampled by analyzing appropriate parts of a tree, such as twigs, needles, leaves, or bark. The same colours ran up the striated bark of the pine trees whose needles were beginning to acquire the sated, dusty green of summer. Instead of leaves they have needles, and they spread their seeds in cones. Pine needles, shredded leaves, straw, and grass clippings from untreated lawns work well. He didn't get very far before he collapsed into a pile of pine needles and slowly decaying leaves, hurting, weak, and exhausted. Usually 1 to 2 cm thick, it is composed of needles, leaves, twigs, and is dark brown in colour. Woodchips, bark, grass clippings, leaves, pine needles, straw, and sawdust are examples of organic mulches. The conifers are a particularly interesting group to study as unlike cereals their leaves or needles are retained for several years. All of a sudden across the clearing the other band burst out from between the trees in a dusting of leaves and pine needles. Most nutrients in the soil actually come from fallen needles and leaves. Generally only a very hot fire, one fueled by drought and a heavy buildup of fallen leaves and pine needles, will kill a longleaf pine. Shredded paper can be added to compost, so too can pine needles and gum leaves. She could hear the dry leaves and pine needles crushing beneath the stallion's hooves. Huge clusters of thorn bushes, fungus, tree roots and a carpet of dead leaves and pine needles made walking a chore. The nest is built on the ground, a shallow depression under dense cover, lined with a few needles and leaves. Pine trees coated the edges, and I could start to see the more tropical trees that made up the core of the forest, so both dried leaves and pine needles coated the trail. Nests are a shallow scrape in the ground lined with dead twigs, needles, leaves, and feathers. It is built of moss, pine needles, leaves, twigs, bark, and other plant material, and lined with hair. Synonyms frond 6A pointed rock or peak. 尖岩，尖顶 Synonyms top, peak, mountaintop, crest, crown, apex, vertex, apogee, tip, cap 6.1 An obelisk. 方尖塔 Cleopatra's Needle 克娄巴特拉方尖碑。 7A beam used as a temporary support during underpinning. 撑木 verbˈnēdlˈnidl [with object] 1Prick or pierce (something) with or as if with a needle. 用针穿刺（某物）；像针一样地刺（某物） dust needled his eyes 灰尘使他的眼睛感到刺痛。 Example sentencesExamples We will have the similar effect by needling the same acupoint no matter on the same or a different subject. On our walk, multi-hued birds fluttered overhead in the green forest and deodar trees tall as totems from some pantheon of forest gods vied with the pines to needle the sky. The text gave detailed descriptions of ‘the channels,’ naming the points on each, and listing their locations and how deeply each should be needled. There have been calls for the medical profession to be better informed about how to treat farmers who've accidentally needled themselves with the OJD vaccine. 2informal Provoke or annoy (someone) by continual criticism or questioning. 〈非正式〉（尤指通过不断地批评或质疑）刺激；挑逗，惹…发火 I just said that to Charlie to needle him 我对查理说那些话就是想刺激他。 Example sentencesExamples 28 should be needled cautiously and superficially in those with very distended bladders. Throughout our conversation, as one veteran good-naturedly needles the other, all the teen-angst details come out. But I would rather be needled by a performer than bored. So, for all those that think we are being racist by needling the French over this, I'd like to assure you of two things. Synonyms goad, provoke, bait, taunt, pester, harass, prick, prod, sting Phrases the eye of a needle A tiny aperture or opening through which it would seem impossible to pass (especially with reference to Matt. 19:24). 针眼；无法通过的开口（尤指《马太福音》19：24） Example sentencesExamples His heart in smashed into pieces so small they could pass through the eye of a needle. An army of tiny red eyes met him, none larger than the eye of a needle. I mean, if a camel can pass through the eye of a needle, anything's possible, right? I'd just as soon pass through the eye of a needle. In reality, however, it may be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for bloggers to deliver you the election. The Christian bible quotes Jesus as saying it would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter heaven; or then there's the Irish saying: ‘There are no pockets in a shroud’. A supersized prole will pass through the eye of a needle before anyone not in the Party will be admitted to heaven. If it's harder for a rich man to pass through the eye of a needle then we have whole societies in trouble. He might be able to pass the ball through the eye of a needle, but would you like to be beside him in the trenches? The Reds boss knew he was signing a world-class Argentinian midfielder with the ability to thread passes through the eye of a needle. give someone the needle informal Provoke or annoy someone. Lady gives him the needle because she knows it isn't true Example sentencesExamples They'll get you after another one and give you the needle without a second thought about it. No need to give me the needle just because someone's given it to you. a needle in a haystack Something that is almost impossible to find because it is hidden among so many other things. 落进草垛里的一根针（比喻很难找的东西） Example sentencesExamples Unfortunately, we are looking for a needle in a haystack and you cannot hope to be able to prevent any such outrage as this. We tried to find it afterwards with the lifeguards but it was like a needle in a haystack. However, that would be nearly as impossible as finding a needle in a haystack. Or maybe it's in the archives, in which case it's like looking for a needle in a haystack so you might as well give up now and go searching on someone else's page instead. His company helped clients with this matter, because trying to get information on a company in this country was comparable to trying to find a needle in a haystack. ‘It is like looking for a needle in a haystack,’ said Dr Hutchin. The fact of the matter is, is that, in a country the size of California, that 100 weapons inspectors are not going to be able to find the equivalent of a needle in a haystack. Trying to find a decent taxi there is like trying to find a needle in a haystack, with most of the taxis refusing to use their meter and demanding astronomical prices. He walked bulls through china shops, contrived an actual change of horses in mid-stream during an election campaign and, to publicise a piece of real estate, spent 10 days searching for a needle in a haystack. Without a name or date getting more information is like finding a needle in a haystack. Origin Old English nǣdl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch naald and German Nadel, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nere ‘to spin’ and Greek nēma ‘thread’. noun.1 phr.
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