词汇 | needle |
词源 | needle [OE] Old English nǣdl, of Germanic origin, is related to Dutch naald, and German Nadel, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nere ‘to spin’ and Greek nēma ‘thread’. The colloquial use of the verb in the sense ‘irritate, annoy’ dates from the late 19th century. |
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