Needle

['niːd(ə)l] or ['nidl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a sharp pointed implement (usually steel).

(noun.) a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument.

(verb.) goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; 'He needled her with his sarcastic remarks'.

(verb.) prick with a needle.

杜威手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.

(n.) See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic.

(n.) A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting.

(n.) One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus.

(n.) Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.

(v. t.) To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals.

(v. i.) To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.

阿奇校對

解釋/意思:

n. a small sharp-pointed steel instrument with an eye for a thread—(Shak.) Neeld Neele: any slender pointed instrument like a needle as the magnet or movable bar of a compass or for knitting etching &c.: anything sharp and pointed like a pinnacle of rock &c.: an aciform crystal: a temporary support used by builders to sustain while repairing being a strong beam resting on props: the long narrow needle-like leaf of a pine-tree.—v.t. to form into a shape like a needle as crystals: to work with a needle.—v.i. to become of the shape of needles as crystals.—ns. Need′le-book a number of pieces of cloth leather &c. arranged like a book for holding needles; Need′le-case a case for holding needles; Need′le-fish a pipe-fish: a garfish or belonid; Need′leful as much thread as fills a needle; Need′le-gun a gun or rifle loaded at the breech the cartridge of which is exploded by the impact of a needle or spike at its base.—adjs. Need′le-point′ed pointed like a needle: without a barb as a fish-hook; Need′le-shaped shaped like a needle: applied to the long slender sharp-pointed leaves of pines firs and other trees.—ns. Need′le-tel′egraph a telegraph the receiver of which gives its messages by the deflections of a magnetic needle; Need′lewoman a woman who makes her living by her needle a seamstress; Need′lework work done with a needle: the business of a seamstress.—adj. Need′ly thorny.

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