needle

• n. 針; 指針; 刺激; 針状の物体
• 縫う；針と糸を作る
• vt.刺激する；針で縫う
• n. （針）人の名前；（英国）針

PIE *sne-tla、針から、*sne、縫う、編む、語源的にはネット、イラクサ、*tla、ツールグラス接尾辞と同じ。縫い針、ポインターなどから派生。

needle

needle: [OE] Etymologically, a needle is a ‘sewing’ implement. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *nēthlō (source also of German nadel, Dutch naald, Swedish n?l, and Danish naal), which was derived from an Indo- European base *nē- ‘sew’ (represented also in English nerve and neural).
=> nerve, neural

needle (n.)

Old English n?dl, from Proto-Germanic *n?thlo (cognates: Old Saxon nathla, Old Norse nal, Old Frisian nedle, Old High German nadala, German Nadel, Gothic netla "needle"), literally "a tool for sewing," from PIE *net-la-, from root *(s)ne- "to sew, to spin" (cognates: Sanskrit snayati "wraps up," Greek nein "to spin," Latin nere "to spin," German n?hen "to sew," Old Church Slavonic niti "thread," Old Irish snathat "needle," Welsh nyddu "to sew," nodwydd "needle") + instrumental suffix *-tla.

To seke out one lyne in all hys bookes wer to go looke a nedle in a meadow. [Thomas More, c. 1530]

Meaning "piece of magnetized steel in a compass" is from late 14c. (on a dial or indicator from 1928); the surgical instrument so called from 1727; phonographic sense from 1902; sense of "leaf of a fir or pine tree" first attested 1797. Needledom "the world of sewing" is from 1847. Needle's eye, figurative of a minute opening, often is a reference to Matt. xix:24.

needle (v.)

1715, "to sew or pierce with a needle," from needle (n.). Meaning "goad, provoke" (1881) probably is from earlier meaning "haggle in making a bargain" (1812). Related: Needled; needling.

1. She passed the needle through the rough cloth，back and forth.

彼女はその粗布を一針一針縫った。

2.At 240 mph the needle went off the clock.

車速が毎時240マイルに達すると、マイルストーン上のポインタは最高時速を超えて表示される。

3.I hyperventilate when they come near me with the needle .

注射針を持って近づいてくると、私の呼吸は急速に速くなった。

4.She took the needle off the record and turned the lights out.

彼女はレコードからレコード針を外し、電気も消した。

5.I sit down，thread a needle ，snip off an old button.

私は座って、針を着て、古いボタンを切ります。