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needle (EN)
podstatné jméno, sloveso

podstatné jméno “needle”

jedn. č. needle, mn. č. needles
  1. jehla
    The doctor used a sterile needle to give him a vaccine.
  2. jehlice (stromu)
    The forest floor was covered in pine needles.
  3. ručička
    The compass needle always points north.
  4. jehla (gramofonová)
    He carefully placed the needle on the vinyl record.
  5. řetězec (hledaný)
    The function search(text, needle, haystack) has three parameters.
  6. injekce (smrtící)
    The criminal was sentenced to die by the needle.

sloveso “needle”

infinitiv needle; on needles; min. čas needled; příč. min. needled; ger. needling
  1. píchnout (jehlou)
    The acupuncturist needled specific points on her back to relieve pain.
  2. popichovat
    She kept needling him about his tardiness until he apologized.
  3. zformovat do jehlovitého tvaru
    The ice crystals needled together on the windowpane overnight.