needle

Các nghĩa

1. kim

   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.

2. vật hình kim

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

3. kim chỉ

   A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.

   a compass needle

4. kim máy hát

   A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.

   informal

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

5. lá kim

   A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.

6. dầm chống

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

7. hình phạt tiêm thuốc độc

   The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.

   informal

8. chuỗi tìm kiếm

   A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)

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• needles plural