pins and needles
英 [ˌpɪnz ən ˈniːdlz]
美 [ˌpɪnz ən ˈniːdlz]
n. 发麻; 麻木
习惯用语
n.
- be on pins and needlesbe on pins and needles
牛津词典
noun
- 发麻；麻木
an uncomfortable feeling in a part of your body, caused when a normal flow of blood returns after it has been partly blocked, especially because you have been sitting or lying in an awkward position- to have pins and needles
感觉麻木
- to have pins and needles
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT （身体某一部位发麻时的）针刺感
If you havepins and needlesin part of your body, you feel small sharp pains there for a short period of time. It usually happens when that part of your body has been in an uncomfortable position.- I had pins and needles in the tips of my fingers.
我的指尖有针刺的感觉。
- I had pins and needles in the tips of my fingers.
英英释义
noun
- a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation
双语例句
- He tried to look calm and confident but everybody in the courtroom knew he was on pins and needles.
当陪审团团长开始宣读裁决书的时候，这个摔跤运动员的脸白得像一张白纸一样。他想装得很平静，很有自信，但是在法庭上的每个人都知道他很紧张。 - They waited on pins and needles for the football scores.
他们如坐针毡般地等待足球比分。 - I feel my hands on pins and needles, this is not fiction, so many materials, so many stories, not much, writing.
我感到我的手在发麻，这毕竟不是小说啊，那么多的材料，那么多的故事，千头万绪，无从下笔。 - So I never tear my hair before exams and I'm never as nervous as a cat on the hot roof or have a lot of butterflies in my stomach or sit on pins and needles.
我从不本末倒置，不分主次。所以考试前我从不临时抱佛脚，或紧张得如热锅上的蚂蚁，忐忑不安，如坐针毡。 - Terror made him catch his breath; pins and needles surged in his fingers.
恐惧使他屏住呼吸，连手指都感到发麻。 - I'm on pins and needles.
我是如坐针毡啊。 - I have pins and needles in my right arm.
我右手臂发麻。 - She sat for so long that she felt pins and needles in her legs.
她坐得太久，腿都麻了。 - He was on pins and needles in wanting to know whether his daughter had been saved or not.
他坐立不安，急于要知道他的女儿是否脱险。 - I've got pins and needles in my hands.
你可知道，我如坐针毡似的等着你的电话。