needle

aiguille

Outil métallique fin et pointu servant à coudre ou à faire de petits trous, généralement percé pour passer le fil.

En anglais simple : A thin, sharp metal tool, usually with a hole for thread, used to sew or make small holes.

• I need a needle and thread.
• She dropped the needle while sewing.
• These needles are too thick for this cloth.

Synonymes : neele

Expressions courantes : sewing needle, needle and thread, thread a needle

aiguille

Fin tube métallique creux servant à injecter un médicament dans le corps ou à prélever du sang.

En anglais simple : A thin, hollow metal tube used to put medicine into the body or take blood out.

• The nurse used a clean needle.
• He is afraid of needles.
• The doctor removed the needle from her arm.

Expressions courantes : sterile needle, hypodermic needle, needle in something

aiguille

Feuille longue, étroite et pointue d’un arbre comme le pin.

En anglais simple : A long, narrow, pointed leaf on a tree such as a pine.

• A pine needle fell onto my coat.
• The forest floor was covered with needles.
• This tree keeps its green needles all winter.

Expressions courantes : pine needle, fallen needle, needle on something

diamant, aiguille

Petite pointe du tourne-disque qui touche le disque et en capte le son.

En anglais simple : The small pointed part of a record player that touches the record and picks up sound.

• The needle needs replacing.
• She lowered the needle onto the record.
• A worn needle can damage your records.

Synonymes : stylus

Expressions courantes : record player needle, replace the needle

taquiner, agacer

Dire des choses qui agacent quelqu’un ou le font se sentir ridicule, souvent de façon répétée.

En anglais simple : To say things that annoy someone or make them feel foolish, often repeatedly.

• Stop needling me.
• His brother needled him about his haircut.
• She kept needling her opponent until he lost his temper.

Comment l'utiliser : needle someone about something (They needled her about her new boyfriend.)

Synonymes : tease, taunt

Expressions courantes : needle someone, needle someone about something

former des aiguilles

Faire prendre à quelque chose une forme à pointes longues et fines, ou prendre soi-même cette forme.

En anglais simple : To make something form long, thin points, or to develop this shape.

• The crystals began to needle as the liquid cooled.
• The process needles the crystals into thin points.
• Under these conditions, the material needles readily.

Expressions courantes : needle crystals, begin to needle