喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a small, thin, sharp-pointed piece of metal — the needle. That single shape, a slim pointed , is the core. Almost every other meaning is just that same thin pointed shape used for a different job; the verb 'to needle' borrows the sharp point to mean 'keep pricking someone' with words.

可以想成一根又細又尖、亮亮的金屬小條——縫衣針。就是這個『細長帶尖』的形狀，是整個字的核心。幾乎其他每個意思，都是同…更多收起可以想成一根又細又尖、亮亮的金屬小條——縫衣針。就是這個『細長帶尖』的形狀，是整個字的核心。幾乎其他每個意思，都是同一個細尖形狀換到不同地方做不同的工作；而動詞 to needle（戲弄、激怒）則是借那個『尖』，意思是用話一次次去刺某人。

原始詞典資料14 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。

Needlename

  • 1

    A surname.

needlenoun/ˈniː.dəl/

  • 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
  • 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

    informalA 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.

    • At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth.
  • 6

    A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.

  • 7

    informalThe death penalty carried out by lethal injection.

  • 8

    computingengineeringmathematicsA text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)

    • Both of these functions will look through the haystack for the specified needle and, if they find it, will return the portion of the string from the beginning of the needle to the end of the haystack.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    biologyentomologynatural-sciencesAny of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.

  • 10

    gymnasticshobbieslifestyleA move in which the performer begins with two hands and one leg on the floor, then kicks the other leg into a full split.

needleverb/ˈniː.dəl/

  • 1

    To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.

    • […]the eyes were once more beginning to show the old nystagmus; so I decided to needle the cataracts, and on Jan. 31 I needled the right eye.
    • Possibly the greatest effect is achieved in the hand by needling the thumb, the index finger and the region of the 1st and 2nd metacarpal.
  • 2

    To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.

    • Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.
    • FRED: Well, I teased her to some extent, or I needled her, not teased her. I needled her about—first I said that she didn't want to work, and then I think that there were a couple of comments.
  • 3

    To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.

    • to needle crystals

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。