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

• He is on pins and needles.
  他如坐针毡。
• 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'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。
• 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。
• Dad: What's wrong? You are like a little monkey, on pins and needles!
  爸爸：怎么啦？你就像个小猴子，如坐针毡啊！
• 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。
• She sat for so long that she felt pins and needles in her legs.
  她坐得太久，腿都麻了。
• Many famous actors are on pins and needles before the curtain opens for a play.
  在帷幕拉开前，许多著名的演员感到坐立不安。
• He's on pins and needles.
  他坐立不安的。