n. 针;指针;刺激;针状物
vi. 缝纫;做针线
vt. 刺激;用针缝
n. (Needle)人名;(英)尼德尔
needle 针,指针
来自PIE*sne-tla,针,来自*sne,缝纫,编织,词源同net,nettle,*tla,工具格后缀。引申词义缝衣针,指针等。
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.