A "needle" is typically a small metal tool for sewing, but also refers to knitting needles, syringe needles, acupuncture needles, instrument pointers, conifer leaves, and record player styluses. As a verb, it means to provoke or annoy someone.
A "needle" is a small, thin piece of metal used for sewing with a hole for thread. It can also refer to knitting needles, a syringe needle, acupuncture needles, the pointer on an instrument, the leaf of a conifer, or a record player stylus. As a verb, it means to annoy or provoke someone.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]缝衣针；针 A needle is a small, very thin piece of polished metal which is used for sewing. It has a sharp point at one end and a hole in the other for a thread to go through.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]编织针；棒针 Knitting needles are thin sticks that are used for knitting. They are usually made of plastic or metal and have a point at one end.
[usu supp N]
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]注射针；针头 A needle is a thin hollow metal rod with a sharp point, which is part of a medical instrument called a syringe. It is used to put a drug into someone's body, or to take blood out.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](针灸疗法用的)银针，金针 A needle is a thin metal rod with a point which is put into a patient's body during acupuncture.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](唱机的)唱针 On a record player, the needle is the small pointed device that touches the record and picks up the sound signals.
She took the needle off the record and turned the lights out.
她把唱针从唱片上移开，把灯也关了。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](仪表上的)指针 On an instrument which measures something such as speed or weight, the needle is the long strip of metal or plastic on the dial that moves backwards and forwards, showing the measurement.
She kept looking at the dial on the boiler. The needle had reached 250 degrees.
她一直看着锅炉上的刻度盘，指针已指向了250度。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](杉树、松树等的)针叶 The needles of a fir or pine tree are its thin, hard, pointed leaves.
[usu pl]
The carpet of pine needles was soft underfoot.
脚下厚厚的松针踩上去软绵绵的。
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[VERB 动词]刺激；惹…发火；(尤指)不断数落 If someone needles you, they annoy you continually, especially by criticizing you.
[V n]
Blake could see he had needled Jerrold, which might be unwise.
布莱克看得出他已经惹怒了杰罗尔德，这也许并不是什么明智之举。
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See also:
pins and needles
； like looking for a needle in a haystack→see:
haystack
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Oxford
nee·dle★/ˈniːdl; NAmEˈniːdl/
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needleneedlesneedledneedlingnoun★[countable ]for sewing 缝纫1★a small thin piece of steel that you use for sewing, with a point at one end and a hole for the thread at the other 针；缝衣针◆a needle and thread针和线◆the eye (= hole)of a needle 针眼☞see also
pins and needles
for knitting 编织2★a long thin piece of plastic or metal with a point at one end that you use for knitting. You usually use two together. 编织针◆knitting needles编织针for drugs 药品3★a very thin, pointed piece of steel used on the end of a syringefor putting a drug into sb's body, or for taking blood out of it 注射针；针头◆a hypodermic needle皮下注射器针头on instrument 仪器4★a thin piece of metal on a scientific instrument that moves to point to the correct measurement or direction 指针◆The compass needle was pointing north.罗盘指针指向北方。on pine tree 松树5[usually plural ]the thin, hard, pointed leaf of a pinetree 松针；针叶on record player 唱机6the very small pointed piece of metal that touches a record that is being played in order to produce the sound 唱针；磁针SYN
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IDIOMa needle in a ˈhaystacka thing that is almost impossible to find 草垛里的针；几乎不可能找到的东西◆Searching for one man in this city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.在这个城市里找一个人无异于大海捞针。verbneedlesb ( informal) to deliberately annoy sb, especially by criticizing them continuously 刺激；故意招惹；（尤指）不断地数落SYN
antagonize
◆Don't let her needle you.别让她数落你。nee·dle/ˈniːdl; NAmEˈniːdl/
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needle1 noun
needle2 verb
needlenee‧dle1 /ˈniːdl/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1needle (1)sewinga)a small thin piece of steel, with a point at one end and a hole in the other, used for sewing → pin: a needle and thread a tapestry needleb)a knitting needle2drugs a very thin, pointed steel tube at the end of a syringe, which is pushed into your skin to put a drug or medicine into your body or to take out blood: She carried hypodermic needles and syringes in her bag. Drug users are at risk when they share needles.3pointer a long thin piece of metal on a scientific instrument that moves backwards and forwards and points to numbers or directions: a compass needle4medical treatment a long, very thin piece of metal used in acupuncture (=a kind of medical treatment originally used in China)5leaf a small needle-shaped leaf, especially from a pine tree: pine needles6records the very small, pointed part in a record player that touches the record in order to play it7like looking for a needle in a haystack informal used to say that something is almost impossible to find: Finding out which file you want can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. →
pins and needles
COLLOCATIONSverbsthread a needle· Eleanor threaded the needle.use a needle· I don't think he even knows how to use a needle!phrasesa needle and thread· I got a needle and thread and sewed the button back on.the eye of a needle (=the hole at the top of the needle that the thread goes through)· This gadget helps you put the thread through the eye of the needle.
needle1 noun
needle2 verb
needleneedle2 verb [transitive] informal
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to deliberately annoy someone by making unkind remarks or jokes about themSYN rib, tease: I just said that to Charlie to needle him.
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needle
[ˈni:dl]needled, needling, needles
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needles[4725]
针(94%)，缝纫(2%)，激怒(2%)，用针缝(1%)，嘲弄(1%)
n.针；指针；刺激；针状物
vi.缝纫；做针线
vt.刺激；用针缝
n.(Needle)人名；(英)尼德尔
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