needle
US: /ˈnidəɫ/
UK: /nˈiːdəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
needle /'ni:dl/- danh từ
- cái kim; kim (la bàn...)
- the eye of a needle: lỗ kim
- to thread a needle: xâu kim
- chỏm núi nhọn
- lá kim (lá thông, lá tùng)
- tinh thể hình kim
- cột hình tháp nhọn
- (the needle) (từ lóng) sự bồn chồn
- to have (get) the needle: cảm thấy bồn chồn
- as sharp as a needle
- (xem) sharp
- to look for a needle in a bottle (bundle) of hay (in a haystack)
- đáy biển mò kim
- true as the needle to the pole
- đáng tin cậy
- cái kim; kim (la bàn...)
- động từ
- khâu
- nhể (bằng kim); châm
- lách qua, len lỏi qua
- to needle one's way through a crwod: lách qua một đám đông
- kết tinh thành kim
- (từ lóng) châm chọc, chọc tức; khích (ai làm gì
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) thêm rượu mạnh (vào bia)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
[C]
for sewing
1 a small thin piece of steel that you use for sewing, with a point at one end and a hole for the thread at the other: a needle and thread + the eye (= hole) of a needle
See also -
for knitting
2 a long thin piece of plastic or metal with a point at one end that you use for knitting. You usually use two together: knitting needles
for drugs
3 a very thin, pointed piece of steel used on the end of a SYRINGE for putting a drug into sb's body, or for taking blood out of it: a hypodermic needle
on instrument
4 a thin piece of metal on a scientific instrument that moves to point to the correct measurement or direction: The compass needle was pointing north.
on pine tree
5 [usually pl.] the thin, hard pointed leaf of a PINE tree
on record player
6 the very small pointed piece of metal that touches a record that is being played in order to produce the sound
Synonym: STYLUS
Idioms
a needle in a haystack a thing that is almost impossible to find: Searching for one man in this city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
+ verb [VN] (informal) to deliberately annoy sb, especially by criticizing them continuously: Don't let her needle you. + He knew Jo was trying to needle him into losing his temper.
Collocation
1 for sewing
ADJ.
long | blunt | sharp | fine | darning, embroidery, sewing, tapestry
VERB + NEEDLE
use | thread
PHRASES
the eye of a needle, needle and thread
She sewed it on with needle and thread.
2 for knitting
ADJ.
empty | knitting
NEEDLE + VERB
hold sth
a needle holding two stitches
3 for drugs
ADJ.
hypodermic, syringe | long | sharp | fine | clean, sterile | contaminated, infected | used
VERB + NEEDLE
insert, jab (sb with), plunge, put, stick
He saw her stick a needle into her arm.
| use | share
the dangers of sharing needles
NEEDLE + VERB
go in
The needle went in easily.
NEEDLE + NOUN
tip | exchange
He believes that needle exchange schemes (= where drug users can change used needles for clean ones)encourage drug addiction.
PHRASES
the prick of a needle
4 on a compass/instrument
ADJ.
magnetized | compass
NEEDLE + VERB
move
The needle moved away from the wind.
| point | settle
Wait until the needle settles and is pointing in one direction.
PHRASES
the needle of a compass
5 on a pine tree
ADJ.
conifer, pine
VERB + NEEDLE
drop, lose
Concise dictionary
needles|needled|needling'nɪːdlnoun
+as the leaf of a conifer
+a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
+a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
+a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
verb
+goad or provoke,as by constant criticism
+prick with a needle
