英语词汇“needle”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

词汇

needle

释义

needle

Theme: ANNOYANCE

tr. to annoy someone.

Tom is always needling Frank.Stop needling me!

needle

1. noun

a feeling of resentment or irritation. Originally tailors' slang UK, 1873.

a vehicle's speedometer US, 1976.► do the needleto inject drugs, especially heroin UK, 1996.► get the needle (at, with or to)to become angry or ill-tempered (towards a stated someone or something) UK, 1874.► on the needleusing or addicted to drugs injected intravenously US, 1942

2. verb

to irritate, to annoy, to provoke UK, 1873.

in the illegal production of alcohol, to simulate ageing by inserting an electric needle into the keg US, 1974

idiomneedle(like looking for) a needle in a haystack(also like trying to find a needle in a haystack)Look for used in order to say that something is very difficult to find:You're wasting your time trying to find those kids - it'll be like looking for a needle in a haystack.Searching his office was like trying to find a needle in a haystack.We're trying to find the problem in the blood cells of the fetus. What we're looking for is the needle in the haystack.

needle

tv. to annoy someone. Tom is always needling Frank.

See:

(as) sharp as a needle
a needle in a haystack
be like looking for a needle in a haystack
be like trying to find a needle in a haystack
be on pins and needles
camel through a needle's eye, a
camel through the eye of a needle
darning needle
eye of the needle
get pins and needles
get the (dead) needle
get the needle
have pins and needles
like looking for a needle in a haystack
like looking for/trying to find a needle in a haystack
needle
needle (one) about (something)
needle about
needle candy
needle in a haystack
needle in a haystack, (like finding) a
on pins and needles
on pins and needles, to be
on the needle
pins and needles
put a rope to the eye of a needle
sharp as a needle
the eye of a needle
thread the needle
vaccinated with a gramophone needle
vaccinated with a Victrola needle

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