needle

1. N-COUNT A needle is a small, very thin piece of polished metal which is used for sewing. It has a sharp point at one end and a hole in the other for a thread to go through. 針

He took a needle and thread and sewed it up. 他取來一根針和線竝把它縫起來。

2. N-COUNT A needle is a thin hollow metal rod with a sharp point, which is part of a medical instrument called a syringe. It is used to put a drug into someone's body, or to take blood out. 注射針

...the transmission of the AIDS virus through dirty needles. …愛滋病病毒通過不潔注射針頭的傳播。

3. N-COUNT Knitting needles are thin sticks that are used for knitting. They are usually made of plastic or metal and have a point at one end. (編織) 針

...a pair of knitting needles. …一副編織針。

4. N-COUNT A needle is a thin metal rod with a point which is put into a patient's body during acupuncture. (針灸用的) 銀針

I gave Kevin a course of acupuncture using six needles strategically placed on the scalp. 我給凱文進行了一個療程的針灸治療，把6支銀針分別紥在頭皮的關鍵穴位上。

5. N-COUNT On an instrument which measures something such as speed or weight, the needle is the long strip of metal or plastic on the dial that moves backward and forward, showing the measurement. (儀表上的) 指針

She kept looking at the dial on the boiler. The needle had reached 250 degrees. 她一直看著鍋爐上的刻度磐，指針已經到達250度。

6. N-COUNT The needles of a fir or pine tree are its thin, hard, pointed leaves. (杉樹、松樹等的) 針葉

The carpet of pine needles was soft underfoot. 松針鋪成的地毯在腳下軟軟的。