English Dictionary

needle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈniː.dəl/

名詞

くだけた表現

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.

日本語の意味

針：縫製、刺繍、鍼治療、タトゥー、ボディピアス、医療用注射、縫合などに用いられる、細長く鋭い器具 / 針：手芸（ダーニング、編み物、タッティングなど）で、ループや結び目を作るために用いられる、先端が丸い器具

She threaded the needle carefully before beginning to mend the torn hem.

彼女は破れた裾を直し始める前に、縫い針に慎重に糸を通した。

意味（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.

意味（2）

Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.

意味（3）

A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.

a compass needle

意味（4）

A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.

Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph.

意味（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.

意味（6）

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

意味（7）

(informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.

意味（8）

(programming) A 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.

意味（9）

(entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.

needles （ plural ）