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

• 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。
• 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！
• They waited on pins and needles for the football scores.
  他们如坐针毡般地等待足球比分。
• He is on pins and needles.
  他如坐针毡。
• 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。
• Terror made him catch his breath; pins and needles surged in his fingers.
  恐惧使他屏住呼吸，连手指都感到发麻。
• 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。
• You are like a little monkey, on pins and needles!
  你就像个小猴子，如坐针毡啊！
• I'm all pins and needles.
  我都起鸡皮疙瘩了。
• I have pins and needles in my right arm.
  我右手臂发麻。