pins and needles

英 [ˌpɪnz ən ˈniːdlz]

美 [ˌpɪnz ən ˈniːdlz]

n.  发麻; 麻木

医学

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
  1. to have pins and needles
     感觉麻木

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.
  1. I had pins and needles in the tips of my fingers.
     我的指尖有针刺的感觉。

英英释义

noun

• a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation

双语例句

• I was on pins and needles all day until she called me.
  在未接到她电话前，我整天位立不安。
• He is on pins and needles.
  他如坐针毡。
• I was on pins and needles until I knew my marks.
  在知道成绩之前我如坐针毡。
• She sat for so long that she felt pins and needles in her legs.
  她坐得太久，腿都麻了。
• The contestant was waiting for her final score on pins and needles.
  这位参赛选手正在焦急万分地等待她最后的得分。
• The father-to-be is on pins and needles.
  即将成为父亲的人紧张地如坐针毡。
• 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。
• 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'm on pins and needles.
  我是如坐针毡啊。
• Rose has its thorn you never find a woman without pins and needles.
  朵朵玫瑰均有刺，女人无一不带针。