n.

1. 針；編織針；唱針；注射針[C]
2. 針狀物；【植】針葉；【礦】針狀結晶體[C]
3. 指針；磁針[C]
   The needle of the compass shows that we're facing south.

   指南針上的磁針顯示我們處在朝南的位置。

4. 刺激；刺人的話；（因競爭而產生的）仇隙[U]

vt.

1. 【口】（用話）刺激，挑逗[（+into）]
   Joe needled the boys into a fight.

   喬用話挑動男孩打架。

2. 用針縫；用針穿刺
   He needled the blisters on his feet until they burst.

   他挑穿了腳上的水泡。

vi.

1. 做針線；縫紉；刺繡

n.

1. a very fine, slender piece of metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing.
   ▸a similar, larger instrument used in crochet, knitting, etc.
2. the pointed hollow end of a hypodermic syringe.
3. a stylus used to play records.
4. a thin pointer on a dial, compass, etc.
5. the slender, sharp, stiff leaf of a fir or pine tree.
6. a steel pin exploding the cartridge of a breech-loading gun.
7. Brit. informal hostility or antagonism provoked by rivalry.
8. a beam used as a temporary support during underpinning.

v.

1. prick or pierce with a needle.
2. informal provoke or annoy by continual criticism or questioning.