Definition of pinprick in English:

pinprick

noun ˈpɪnprɪkˈpɪnˌprɪk

1A prick caused by a pin.
（针）刺，扎
for the blood to be poisoned it takes only a pinprick
Example sentencesExamples
- It says: ‘The bubble didnae burst’ and so far, despite a couple of pinpricks, it is still intact.
- Other ballots are more baffling: those with pinpricks across the portion of the card that does not match any contest in the ballot book.
- He picks up a disposable pen and points to two tiny pinpricks.
- She then pinpricks for 45 minutes, lulling most patients into such a state of relaxation that they are unaware of anything but the tiniest tingle.
- A rash which starts off as tiny red or purple pinpricks and may develop into bruises which do not fade when pressed with a glass.
- The stimuli included mechanical pinpricks, electrical stimuli, contact heat, and injection of a low-pH solution.
- It means patients can get an accurate reading on the day of their clinic appointment and, instead of having to take blood from a vein, patients only have to undergo a pinprick using the new machine.
- The star can also feel a pinprick over most of his body and can distinguish between hot and cold, and sharp and dull sensations.
- The country's leaders are worried the sporadic suicide bombings could be relative pinpricks leading up to terrorism on a much larger scale.
- Each pinprick lasts barely three seconds, and is slightly uncomfortable rather than painful, especially on the forehead, where the skin is very thin.
- Brand names take the place of skin - Diane pinpricks a drugged syringe into the foil cover of her competitor Karen's single-serve Evian cup as if it were flesh.
- This recurs in the bunch of bananas covered with pinpricks that, oxidised on contact with the air, form the black outline of a face.
- This process enables the donor to gift this precious platelet concentrate to a sick relative with just an hour of gazing absent-mindedly at the smiley blood drop and suffering little more than two pinpricks.
- He can feel about two-thirds of the normal sensation of being touched and half of the usual intensity of pinpricks.
- Does it cover the small pinpricks called ‘petechial haemorrhage’?
- Delicate folds, cuts and pinpricks, or lifts at the drawings' corners and the resulting shadows, are all experienced as major events.
- But Anna believed the test, which uses the blood pinprick given to all babies, would have prevented Sonny becoming a financial burden on the health service.
- Our selling point is that it requires only a tiny pinprick and it isn't as sore.
- The first needle is pushed in gently and I am aware of a slight pinprick.
- Stork notes that pinpricks show that Jan van Eyck's 1432 portrait of Cardinal Albergati was magnified mechanically, with a proportional compass.
Synonyms
jab, sting, stab, nick, jag
1. 1.1 A minor annoyance or irritation.
  compared with the indignities he had so far endured, this was a mere pinprick
  Example sentencesExamples
  On Jupiter, it blows material clear out of the atmosphere but is nevertheless a mere pinprick to the giant planet.
  Harder than even the 4 inches of reinforced steel below it, it served to make Allied shells, even AP rounds, bounce off like pinpricks.
  Last night a senior air force officer described the bombing of the sites as a minor operation, a pinprick raid which accomplished what it set out to achieve.
  India cannot allow political pinpricks from its neighbours to come in the way of pursuing freer regional trade through unilateral action where necessary.
  These explorations are, however, mere pinpricks in the impervious hide of western culture.
  And while Gammell's most recent find in India eases the pressure, it is a pinprick in terms of global needs.
  It was a minor pinprick in his side that his plan had not succeeded.
  But the IRA attacks, of course, were pinpricks compared to the atrocities of 11 September 2001.
  The comment stung Winston's eyes with pinpricks of embarrassment, and he wanted to run until he couldn't see straight.
  These tactics were often not much more than pinpricks; more serious troubles could be brought on by traceable sabotage.
  Our economy is so huge that the scenes of destruction, awesome as they are, are only a pinprick.
  His condemnation of violence and wealth, of government repression and church hypocrisy, brought him administrative pinpricks and excommunication.
  Synonyms
  irritant, source of irritation, source of vexation, annoyance, source of annoyance, thorn in someone's flesh, thorn in someone's side, pest, bother, trial, torment, plague, inconvenience, nuisance, bugbear, menace
2A very small dot or amount.
the stars were pinpricks of light
Example sentencesExamples
- While the stars gave off small bright pinpricks of light, the moon had a soft and faint glowing aura.
- I smiled and waved back at them until they were mere pinpricks in the distance.
- I loved to sit in the planetarium, just me beneath a million pinpricks of light.
- Their eyes focused on the other's until they were nothing more than pinpricks interrupted by the continuing flow of bodies passing through the widening space between them.
- Really, New Zealand is a tiny pinprick of a place.
- Deanna could make out the tiny red pinpricks of fighters and missiles swarming toward the two ships as they accelerated madly to attempt an escape.
- The iris of each eye was dotted with pinpricks of lights like stars, and the pupils were gray, like the moon.
- Her eye lights, pinpricks when I arrived, where dimming rapidly.
- They wander in a dark Machiavellian universe lit only by pinpricks of mercy to light their way.
- The moonlight cast its effervescent glow over the beguiling gardens of the large castle; pinpricks of light illuminated the path that Callista knew so well.
- Timon's eyes narrowed to pinpricks, and his face grew dark.
- I scream at the ceiling, its blinking pinpricks of light, to let me fall off that edge, falling wholly into that unfeeling darkness and letting me feel no more pain.
- ‘Sure,’ not Amy shrugged and looked out the window at the grey clouds that smothered the bright pinpricks of light so far below.
- His pupils were pinpricks, and the surrounding circlets of frost-blue hummed as if fed with raw, crackling sound.
- Suddenly, in the black night sky, a pinprick of light is spotted off the nose of the plane.
- Images are exposed directly onto light-sensitive paper through a tiny lens the size of a pinprick.
- Suddenly, the whole Net vanishes, except for a few pinpricks of light, far, far away, imitating the stars on a cloudless, impossibly dark night.
- It doesn't diminish the summit of breathtaking Ben Nevis that you can see the pinprick of a Safeway and McDonald's from the top.
- We made love in the cheery, blinking lights, and I gave her a ring with a little pinprick of a diamond in it.
Synonyms
spot, speck, fleck, speckle, point, pinpoint, mark, dab

Definition of pinprick in US English:

pinprick

nounˈpinˌprikˈpɪnˌprɪk

1A prick caused by a pin.
（针）刺，扎
Example sentencesExamples
- Our selling point is that it requires only a tiny pinprick and it isn't as sore.
- A rash which starts off as tiny red or purple pinpricks and may develop into bruises which do not fade when pressed with a glass.
- Delicate folds, cuts and pinpricks, or lifts at the drawings' corners and the resulting shadows, are all experienced as major events.
- He picks up a disposable pen and points to two tiny pinpricks.
- This recurs in the bunch of bananas covered with pinpricks that, oxidised on contact with the air, form the black outline of a face.
- This process enables the donor to gift this precious platelet concentrate to a sick relative with just an hour of gazing absent-mindedly at the smiley blood drop and suffering little more than two pinpricks.
- Stork notes that pinpricks show that Jan van Eyck's 1432 portrait of Cardinal Albergati was magnified mechanically, with a proportional compass.
- He can feel about two-thirds of the normal sensation of being touched and half of the usual intensity of pinpricks.
- She then pinpricks for 45 minutes, lulling most patients into such a state of relaxation that they are unaware of anything but the tiniest tingle.
- Brand names take the place of skin - Diane pinpricks a drugged syringe into the foil cover of her competitor Karen's single-serve Evian cup as if it were flesh.
- The stimuli included mechanical pinpricks, electrical stimuli, contact heat, and injection of a low-pH solution.
- Other ballots are more baffling: those with pinpricks across the portion of the card that does not match any contest in the ballot book.
- It says: ‘The bubble didnae burst’ and so far, despite a couple of pinpricks, it is still intact.
- But Anna believed the test, which uses the blood pinprick given to all babies, would have prevented Sonny becoming a financial burden on the health service.
- It means patients can get an accurate reading on the day of their clinic appointment and, instead of having to take blood from a vein, patients only have to undergo a pinprick using the new machine.
- Does it cover the small pinpricks called ‘petechial haemorrhage’?
- Each pinprick lasts barely three seconds, and is slightly uncomfortable rather than painful, especially on the forehead, where the skin is very thin.
- The first needle is pushed in gently and I am aware of a slight pinprick.
- The star can also feel a pinprick over most of his body and can distinguish between hot and cold, and sharp and dull sensations.
- The country's leaders are worried the sporadic suicide bombings could be relative pinpricks leading up to terrorism on a much larger scale.
Synonyms
jab, sting, stab, nick, jag
1. 1.1 A cause of minor irritation.
  小烦恼，小刺激
  Example sentencesExamples
  These explorations are, however, mere pinpricks in the impervious hide of western culture.
  These tactics were often not much more than pinpricks; more serious troubles could be brought on by traceable sabotage.
  Last night a senior air force officer described the bombing of the sites as a minor operation, a pinprick raid which accomplished what it set out to achieve.
  His condemnation of violence and wealth, of government repression and church hypocrisy, brought him administrative pinpricks and excommunication.
  The comment stung Winston's eyes with pinpricks of embarrassment, and he wanted to run until he couldn't see straight.
  It was a minor pinprick in his side that his plan had not succeeded.
  India cannot allow political pinpricks from its neighbours to come in the way of pursuing freer regional trade through unilateral action where necessary.
  And while Gammell's most recent find in India eases the pressure, it is a pinprick in terms of global needs.
  But the IRA attacks, of course, were pinpricks compared to the atrocities of 11 September 2001.
  Harder than even the 4 inches of reinforced steel below it, it served to make Allied shells, even AP rounds, bounce off like pinpricks.
  Our economy is so huge that the scenes of destruction, awesome as they are, are only a pinprick.
  On Jupiter, it blows material clear out of the atmosphere but is nevertheless a mere pinprick to the giant planet.
  Synonyms
  irritant, source of irritation, source of vexation, annoyance, source of annoyance, thorn in someone's flesh, thorn in someone's side, pest, bother, trial, torment, plague, inconvenience, nuisance, bugbear, menace

词汇	pinprick
释义	Definition of pinprick in English: pinprick noun ˈpɪnprɪkˈpɪnˌprɪk 1A prick caused by a pin. （针）刺，扎 for the blood to be poisoned it takes only a pinprick Example sentencesExamples It says: ‘The bubble didnae burst’ and so far, despite a couple of pinpricks, it is still intact. Other ballots are more baffling: those with pinpricks across the portion of the card that does not match any contest in the ballot book. He picks up a disposable pen and points to two tiny pinpricks. She then pinpricks for 45 minutes, lulling most patients into such a state of relaxation that they are unaware of anything but the tiniest tingle. A rash which starts off as tiny red or purple pinpricks and may develop into bruises which do not fade when pressed with a glass. The stimuli included mechanical pinpricks, electrical stimuli, contact heat, and injection of a low-pH solution. It means patients can get an accurate reading on the day of their clinic appointment and, instead of having to take blood from a vein, patients only have to undergo a pinprick using the new machine. The star can also feel a pinprick over most of his body and can distinguish between hot and cold, and sharp and dull sensations. The country's leaders are worried the sporadic suicide bombings could be relative pinpricks leading up to terrorism on a much larger scale. Each pinprick lasts barely three seconds, and is slightly uncomfortable rather than painful, especially on the forehead, where the skin is very thin. Brand names take the place of skin - Diane pinpricks a drugged syringe into the foil cover of her competitor Karen's single-serve Evian cup as if it were flesh. This recurs in the bunch of bananas covered with pinpricks that, oxidised on contact with the air, form the black outline of a face. This process enables the donor to gift this precious platelet concentrate to a sick relative with just an hour of gazing absent-mindedly at the smiley blood drop and suffering little more than two pinpricks. He can feel about two-thirds of the normal sensation of being touched and half of the usual intensity of pinpricks. Does it cover the small pinpricks called ‘petechial haemorrhage’? Delicate folds, cuts and pinpricks, or lifts at the drawings' corners and the resulting shadows, are all experienced as major events. But Anna believed the test, which uses the blood pinprick given to all babies, would have prevented Sonny becoming a financial burden on the health service. Our selling point is that it requires only a tiny pinprick and it isn't as sore. The first needle is pushed in gently and I am aware of a slight pinprick. Stork notes that pinpricks show that Jan van Eyck's 1432 portrait of Cardinal Albergati was magnified mechanically, with a proportional compass. Synonyms jab, sting, stab, nick, jag 1.1 A minor annoyance or irritation. compared with the indignities he had so far endured, this was a mere pinprick Example sentencesExamples On Jupiter, it blows material clear out of the atmosphere but is nevertheless a mere pinprick to the giant planet. Harder than even the 4 inches of reinforced steel below it, it served to make Allied shells, even AP rounds, bounce off like pinpricks. Last night a senior air force officer described the bombing of the sites as a minor operation, a pinprick raid which accomplished what it set out to achieve. India cannot allow political pinpricks from its neighbours to come in the way of pursuing freer regional trade through unilateral action where necessary. These explorations are, however, mere pinpricks in the impervious hide of western culture. And while Gammell's most recent find in India eases the pressure, it is a pinprick in terms of global needs. It was a minor pinprick in his side that his plan had not succeeded. But the IRA attacks, of course, were pinpricks compared to the atrocities of 11 September 2001. The comment stung Winston's eyes with pinpricks of embarrassment, and he wanted to run until he couldn't see straight. These tactics were often not much more than pinpricks; more serious troubles could be brought on by traceable sabotage. Our economy is so huge that the scenes of destruction, awesome as they are, are only a pinprick. His condemnation of violence and wealth, of government repression and church hypocrisy, brought him administrative pinpricks and excommunication. Synonyms irritant, source of irritation, source of vexation, annoyance, source of annoyance, thorn in someone's flesh, thorn in someone's side, pest, bother, trial, torment, plague, inconvenience, nuisance, bugbear, menace 2A very small dot or amount. the stars were pinpricks of light Example sentencesExamples While the stars gave off small bright pinpricks of light, the moon had a soft and faint glowing aura. I smiled and waved back at them until they were mere pinpricks in the distance. I loved to sit in the planetarium, just me beneath a million pinpricks of light. Their eyes focused on the other's until they were nothing more than pinpricks interrupted by the continuing flow of bodies passing through the widening space between them. Really, New Zealand is a tiny pinprick of a place. Deanna could make out the tiny red pinpricks of fighters and missiles swarming toward the two ships as they accelerated madly to attempt an escape. The iris of each eye was dotted with pinpricks of lights like stars, and the pupils were gray, like the moon. Her eye lights, pinpricks when I arrived, where dimming rapidly. They wander in a dark Machiavellian universe lit only by pinpricks of mercy to light their way. The moonlight cast its effervescent glow over the beguiling gardens of the large castle; pinpricks of light illuminated the path that Callista knew so well. Timon's eyes narrowed to pinpricks, and his face grew dark. I scream at the ceiling, its blinking pinpricks of light, to let me fall off that edge, falling wholly into that unfeeling darkness and letting me feel no more pain. ‘Sure,’ not Amy shrugged and looked out the window at the grey clouds that smothered the bright pinpricks of light so far below. His pupils were pinpricks, and the surrounding circlets of frost-blue hummed as if fed with raw, crackling sound. Suddenly, in the black night sky, a pinprick of light is spotted off the nose of the plane. Images are exposed directly onto light-sensitive paper through a tiny lens the size of a pinprick. Suddenly, the whole Net vanishes, except for a few pinpricks of light, far, far away, imitating the stars on a cloudless, impossibly dark night. It doesn't diminish the summit of breathtaking Ben Nevis that you can see the pinprick of a Safeway and McDonald's from the top. We made love in the cheery, blinking lights, and I gave her a ring with a little pinprick of a diamond in it. Synonyms spot, speck, fleck, speckle, point, pinpoint, mark, dab Definition of pinprick in US English: pinprick nounˈpinˌprikˈpɪnˌprɪk 1A prick caused by a pin. （针）刺，扎 Example sentencesExamples Our selling point is that it requires only a tiny pinprick and it isn't as sore. A rash which starts off as tiny red or purple pinpricks and may develop into bruises which do not fade when pressed with a glass. Delicate folds, cuts and pinpricks, or lifts at the drawings' corners and the resulting shadows, are all experienced as major events. He picks up a disposable pen and points to two tiny pinpricks. This recurs in the bunch of bananas covered with pinpricks that, oxidised on contact with the air, form the black outline of a face. This process enables the donor to gift this precious platelet concentrate to a sick relative with just an hour of gazing absent-mindedly at the smiley blood drop and suffering little more than two pinpricks. Stork notes that pinpricks show that Jan van Eyck's 1432 portrait of Cardinal Albergati was magnified mechanically, with a proportional compass. He can feel about two-thirds of the normal sensation of being touched and half of the usual intensity of pinpricks. She then pinpricks for 45 minutes, lulling most patients into such a state of relaxation that they are unaware of anything but the tiniest tingle. Brand names take the place of skin - Diane pinpricks a drugged syringe into the foil cover of her competitor Karen's single-serve Evian cup as if it were flesh. The stimuli included mechanical pinpricks, electrical stimuli, contact heat, and injection of a low-pH solution. Other ballots are more baffling: those with pinpricks across the portion of the card that does not match any contest in the ballot book. It says: ‘The bubble didnae burst’ and so far, despite a couple of pinpricks, it is still intact. But Anna believed the test, which uses the blood pinprick given to all babies, would have prevented Sonny becoming a financial burden on the health service. It means patients can get an accurate reading on the day of their clinic appointment and, instead of having to take blood from a vein, patients only have to undergo a pinprick using the new machine. Does it cover the small pinpricks called ‘petechial haemorrhage’? Each pinprick lasts barely three seconds, and is slightly uncomfortable rather than painful, especially on the forehead, where the skin is very thin. The first needle is pushed in gently and I am aware of a slight pinprick. The star can also feel a pinprick over most of his body and can distinguish between hot and cold, and sharp and dull sensations. The country's leaders are worried the sporadic suicide bombings could be relative pinpricks leading up to terrorism on a much larger scale. Synonyms jab, sting, stab, nick, jag 1.1 A cause of minor irritation. 小烦恼，小刺激 Example sentencesExamples These explorations are, however, mere pinpricks in the impervious hide of western culture. These tactics were often not much more than pinpricks; more serious troubles could be brought on by traceable sabotage. Last night a senior air force officer described the bombing of the sites as a minor operation, a pinprick raid which accomplished what it set out to achieve. His condemnation of violence and wealth, of government repression and church hypocrisy, brought him administrative pinpricks and excommunication. The comment stung Winston's eyes with pinpricks of embarrassment, and he wanted to run until he couldn't see straight. It was a minor pinprick in his side that his plan had not succeeded. India cannot allow political pinpricks from its neighbours to come in the way of pursuing freer regional trade through unilateral action where necessary. And while Gammell's most recent find in India eases the pressure, it is a pinprick in terms of global needs. But the IRA attacks, of course, were pinpricks compared to the atrocities of 11 September 2001. Harder than even the 4 inches of reinforced steel below it, it served to make Allied shells, even AP rounds, bounce off like pinpricks. Our economy is so huge that the scenes of destruction, awesome as they are, are only a pinprick. On Jupiter, it blows material clear out of the atmosphere but is nevertheless a mere pinprick to the giant planet. Synonyms irritant, source of irritation, source of vexation, annoyance, source of annoyance, thorn in someone's flesh, thorn in someone's side, pest, bother, trial, torment, plague, inconvenience, nuisance, bugbear, menace
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