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Acupuncture is a treatment from Chinese medicine: a trained person puts very thin needles into chosen points on the body to help with pain or other problems. In English, acupuncture names the needle part.
Acupuncture針灸 is是 a treatment from Chinese medicine一種中醫的療法： a trained person一位受過訓練的人 puts把 very thin needles非常細的針 into chosen points on the body刺入身體上選定的穴位 to help with pain or other problems來幫助緩解疼痛或其他問題 In English在英語裡 acupuncture針灸 names指的是 the needle part有針的那部分
People have it for a sore back, headaches, or stress, and some hospitals offer it next to ordinary medicine. The word is ordinary in health talk — not slang, not a joke — though speakers argue about how far it can help.
People有人 have it因為背痛、頭痛或壓力而做針灸 for a sore back, headaches, or stress and並且 some hospitals offer it next to ordinary medicine有些醫院也將它與一般醫療一起提供 in health talk在談健康時 The word這個字 is ordinary很平常 not slang不是俚語 not a joke也不是玩笑話 though不過 how far it can help它到底有多少效果 speakers argue about大家還是有爭論
Though actually, the Chinese name 針灸 covers needles and also 灸, the warming of points with burning mugwort. English usually calls that second part moxibustion, and many patients never meet it. So a student who hears acupuncture should picture the needles, not the whole 針灸 kit.
Though actually不過事實上 the Chinese name中文名稱 針灸 covers包含了 needles針 and also還包含 灸 the warming of points with burning mugwort用燃燒的艾草溫熱穴位的做法 English英語 usually calls通常把 that second part後面這部分（灸） moxibustion稱為moxibustion（灸療） and而 many patients許多病人 never meet it根本沒有接觸過 So所以 a Taiwanese student台灣的學生 who hears acupuncture聽到acupuncture這個字時 should picture應該想到的是 the needles針 not the whole 針灸 kit而不是整套針灸
People also say “get acupuncture” or “have acupuncture”; using it as a verb (“to acupuncture someone”) exists but sounds a bit stiff.
People also say人們也會說 "get acupuncture" or "have acupuncture"「get acupuncture」或「have acupuncture」 using it as a verb把它當動詞用 ("to acupuncture someone")（to acupuncture someone） exists雖然也有這種用法 but sounds a bit stiff但聽起來有點生硬
First used in English in 1684, as a learned borrowing, not as street talk.
First used in English首次出現在英語裡 in 1684是在1684年 as a learned borrowing算是書面上借來的詞 not as street talk不是市井流行語
組成A learned borrowing from New Latin acūpūnctūra, from Latin acus (needle) + pūnctūra (a pricking). By the look of the English, acu- + puncture.
同家族的字
- punctureLatin pūnctūra, a pricking; puncture is the English word for a hole made by something sharp
- acupressuresame acu- idea, but pressing instead of needles
- acupuncturistthe person who practises acupuncture
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
acupuncturenoun/ˈæ.kjuˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɜ/
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The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief.
- Chinese doctors at Chishan County Hospital in Shansi Province have used acupuncture on the scalp to cure a patient suffering from paralysis of the right limbs caused by inflammation of the brain’s blood vessels.
acupunctureverb/ˈæ.kjuˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɜ/
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To treat with acupuncture.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。