| 释义 |
nee·dle /ˈniːdl/ n. | vt. | vi. | a. | phr.
I n.
1. 针，缝衣针；缝纫机针；编结针，钩针
sew a button with needle and thread 用针线缝钮扣
2. 指针；磁针；(记录仪上的)刻针
He drove faster, watching the needle flick (或 shoot) up to a hundred. 他把车越开越快，看着车速表上的指针跳到了100码。
3. 注射针，针头；毫针；缝合针；〈口〉打针
jab the needle into the patient's arm 把针头刺进病人手臂
apply needles to the sick 给病人打针
fifteen bob a needle 75便士一针
4. 唱针；【机】阀针；炮眼针
5. 针状物，刺状物；【矿】【化】针状结晶；【建】撑木；方尖塔；【地】尖岩
needles of ice 冰凌条
the needles of the rain 雨丝
The sun needles were dancing off the water. 水波上泛起道道阳光。
6. 【植】针叶；【动】针突
a pine needle 松树的针叶
7. 放射性物质容器
8. 〈口〉刺激；促进；刺人的话，激人的话
9. [the needle]〈俚〉毒品注射(瘾)
The needle finally killed him. 毒品注射成瘾终于要了他的命。
10. 〈英口〉敌意； [the needle] 〈英俚〉心神不安；(脾气的)发作
II ❶ vt.
1. 〈口〉(用话)刺激，激；挑逗；惹…发作
needle sb. into fighting (或 a fight) 用话挑动某人打架
His friends often needle him about his lack of guts (或 about being a coward). 他的朋友们常常用话激他，说他胆子小。
The president is not doing enough to needle the economy. 总统在刺激经济方面做得不够。
I treat him as a bit of a miser, and that's what really needles him. 我把他多少当个吝啬鬼对待，这使他大为恼火。
2. 用针缝；用针穿刺；像针一样地刺
needle a cataract 针拨白内障
needle a blister until it bursts 挑穿水疱
The dazzling light needled him from the mirror. 耀眼的光从镜子里反射出来直刺着他。
3. 〈口〉给…打针
4. (如针一般地)穿插；穿行
needle one's way through the crowd 从人群中穿过
5. 增强(讲话等)的效果，使更尖锐有力
6. 搀酒精使(饮料)浓烈；〈俚〉以电棒人工醇化(酒)
7. 【建】用撑木撑
❷ vi.
1. 用针干活；做针线；缝纫；刺绣
2. 【矿】【化】成针状结晶
3. 穿刺，钻
A sharp thought needled into my brain. 一个突如其来的念头钻进我的脑袋。
III a.
〈主英〉(体育比赛)关键的，决定性的
[<OE nǣdl; 与 Goth nēthla, Ger Nadel 有关] phr. a needle in a(或 the) haystack (或 bottle of hay) 落进草垛里的一根针 (比喻很难找到的东西)look for a needle in the haystack 大海捞针 be lost like a needle in a bottle of hay 失落后全无踪影 (as) sharp as a needle 1. 像针一样尖的 2. 目光犀利的；十分敏锐的 get the needle 被惹得心神不安；被惹得发作 He got the needle while waiting. 他等着等着便不耐烦了。He's got the needle with you. You've got to go very careful. 你惹他火了，你得多留点神。give sb. the needle 〈口〉激励某人；挑逗某人；惹得某人发作 It would give him the needle to make him do the work. 叫他干这项工作可以促他一下。hit the needle 射中靶子；击中要害 off the needle〈美俚〉不注射毒品的，无毒瘾的 on the needle 〈美俚〉打毒针成瘾的，有毒瘾的 put sb. on the needle 使某人嗜毒成瘾 You look sick. Are you on the needle? 你看上去脸色不好。在打毒针吗? pins and needles 见 pin
stick needles in sb. 促某人，刺激某人
thread the needle 1. 用线穿针
Shall I thread the needle for you? 要不要我来帮你穿针?
2. 完成一件困难的事 |