needle

• n. 針；指針；刺激；針狀物
• vi. 縫紉；做針線
• vt. 刺激；用針縫
• n. (Needle)人名；(英)尼德爾

來自PIE*sne-tla,針，來自*sne,縫紉，編織，詞源同net,nettle,*tla,工具格後綴。引申詞義縫衣針，指針等。

needle

needle: [OE] Etymologically, a needle is a ‘sewing’ implement. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *nēthlō (source also of German nadel, Dutch naald, Swedish nål, and Danish naal), which was derived from an Indo- European base *nē- ‘sew’ (represented also in English nerve and neural).
=> nerve, neural

needle (n.)

Old English nædl, from Proto-Germanic *næthlo (cognates: Old Saxon nathla, Old Norse nal, Old Frisian nedle, Old High German nadala, German Nadel, Gothic neþla "needle"), literally "a tool for sewing," from PIE *net-la-, from root *(s)ne- "to sew, to spin" (cognates: Sanskrit snayati "wraps up," Greek nein "to spin," Latin nere "to spin," German nähen "to sew," Old Church Slavonic niti "thread," Old Irish snathat "needle," Welsh nyddu "to sew," nodwydd "needle") + instrumental suffix *-tla.

To seke out one lyne in all hys bookes wer to go looke a nedle in a meadow. [Thomas More, c. 1530]

Meaning "piece of magnetized steel in a compass" is from late 14c. (on a dial or indicator from 1928); the surgical instrument so called from 1727; phonographic sense from 1902; sense of "leaf of a fir or pine tree" first attested 1797. Needledom "the world of sewing" is from 1847. Needle's eye, figurative of a minute opening, often is a reference to Matt. xix:24.

needle (v.)

1715, "to sew or pierce with a needle," from needle (n.). Meaning "goad, provoke" (1881) probably is from earlier meaning "haggle in making a bargain" (1812). Related: Needled; needling.

1. She passed the needle through the rough cloth, back and forth.

她一針一針地縫那塊粗布。

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2. At 240 mph the needle went off the clock.

車速達到每小時240英裏時，裏程表上的指針顯示超出了最高時速。

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3. I hyperventilate when they come near me with the needle.

當他們拿著注射針走近我時，我的呼吸急速加快。

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4. She took the needle off the record and turned the lights out.

她把唱針從唱片上移開，把燈也關了。

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5. I sit down, thread a needle, snip off an old button.

我坐下來，穿好針，剪下一枚舊紐扣。

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