needle
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button.
reusable needles
single-use needles
Đồng nghĩa: neele
- 2.
Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
- 3.
A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.
a compass needle
The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty.
- 4.
(informal)A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph.
- 5.
A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
- 6.
A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
- 7.
(informal)(informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
- 8.
(programming) A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
- 9.
(entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
- 10.
(gymnastics) A move in which the performer begins with two hands and one leg on the floor, then kicks the other leg into a full split.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
- 2.
(transitive)To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.
Đồng nghĩa: goad, tease
- 3.
(ambitransitive)To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.
to needle crystals
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Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro From Middle English nedle, from Old English nǣdl, from *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō, from pre-Germanic *neh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (to spin, twist).