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needles /ˈniːdlz/●have ˌpins and ˈneedleshave an uncomfortable feeling in your arm or leg when it has been in the same position for a long time （胳膊或腿因长久保持一个姿势而）酸痛发麻，感觉不舒服，有针刺感◆The best thing to do when you have pins and needles in your leg is to stamp your foot on the floor several times.腿发麻时，最好的办法就是在地板上跺几下脚。●(be) on ˈtenterhooks (NAmE also be on ˌpins and ˈneedles) (be) very tense, excited or anxious about what might happen 如坐针毡；忐忑不安◆We were kept on tenterhooks for hours while the judges chose the winner.我们坐立不安了好几个小时，等着裁判们决定获胜者。 ORIGIN In the past, a tenterhook was used to keep material stretched on a drying frame during manufacture. * tenterhook （拉幅钩）是旧时把生产的布料固定在干燥架上的一种钩子。 |