needle n. 1. 針,縫針;編織針。 2.(注射、唱片等的)針;磁針,羅盤針,指針。 3.尖巖,尖峰;方尖碑;【化、礦】針狀結(jié)晶;【植物;植物學(xué)】針葉;【建筑】橫撐木。 4.〔the needle〕 〔英俚〕神經(jīng)上的刺激;〔美俚〕麻醉毒品;注射。 a needle's eye 針鼻,針眼。 the eye of a needle 針眼〔指‘狹縫’說(shuō)〕。 get the needle 急躁;惱怒。 give (sb.) the needle 使(某人)惱怒[急躁],刺激(某人)。 have the pins and needles (腳等)發(fā)麻。 hit the needle (箭)射中靶心;擊中要害。 look for a needle in a bottle [bundle] of hay 海底撈針〔徒勞無(wú)益〕。 on the needle 有服用毒品癮。 pass through the eye of a needle 穿過針眼。 (as) sharp as a needle 非常機(jī)敏。 thread a needle 穿針引線;完成一件困難的工作。 vt.,vi. 1.拿針縫;拿針穿;【醫(yī)學(xué)】用針治療。 2.穿過 (through)。 3.(使)結(jié)晶成針狀;【建筑】用橫撐木撐住。 4.刺激。 5.〔美國(guó)〕加酒精(入啤酒等),加強(qiáng)酒性。 n. -ful 穿在針上的一次用線。
It turned out that the welt on his buttock was the tip of a hypodermic needle that had broken off inside 于是我約了第二天的門診,就在此時(shí),凱文開始嘔吐、發(fā)抖,接著他翻白眼。
Researchers confirmed the distracting power of television something parents have long known when they found that children watching cartoons suffered less pain from a hypodermic needle than kids not watching tv . especially disturbing to the author of the scientific study was that the cartoons were even more comforting than mom 研究人員證實(shí)了電視在分散注意力方面的功效-這也是家長(zhǎng)們很早就知道的-他們發(fā)現(xiàn)孩子們邊看動(dòng)畫片邊打針時(shí)所遭受的疼痛比不看電視時(shí)要少的多。