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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She sat for so long that she felt pins and needles in her legs.
  她坐得太久，腿都麻了。
• The condition can cause nausea and headaches and cause one to feel a sensation of pins and needles in their scalp, arms and hands or aches in their shoulders.
  这种情况会引发恶心呕吐和头痛，导致四肢和头部发麻以及肩膀疼痛。
• I had pins and needles in the tips of my fingers.
  我的指尖有针刺的感觉。
• 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。
• This movie will keep you on pins and needles from beginning to end.
  这部电影会让你从头到尾觉得很紧张，刺激。
• I was on pins and needles until I found out I'd won.
  在我弄清楚自己赢了之前，我一直如坐针毡。
• She's been in there for so long, I'm on pins and needles to find out if it's a boy or a girl!
  她已经进去一个小时了，我迫不及待地想知道生的是男孩还是女孩。