pinpricks

英 [ˈpɪnprɪks] 美 [ˈpɪnprɪks]

n.  (光等的)点; 小孔; 针孔; 烦心的小事; 令人不快的琐事
pinprick的复数



柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 针孔似的一点;极小的一丝
    A very small spot of something can be described as a pinprick .
    1. ...a pinprick of light...
      一丝光线
    2. She looked up at me with pinpricks of sweat along her hairline.
      她抬头看了我一眼,发际渗出细密的汗珠。

双语例句

  1. She looked up at me with pinpricks of sweat along her hairline.
    她抬头看了我一眼,发际渗出细密的汗珠。
  2. Let me make something clear: The United States military doesnt do pinpricks.
    请让我明确一点:美国军队不作轻扎之举。
  3. Twelve times he clicked the Put-Outer, until the only lights left on the whole street were two tiny pinpricks in the distance, which were the eyes of the cat watching him.
    他用熄灯器打了十二次,整条街上只剩下远处两个小小的光点,那就是监视他的那只猫的两只眼睛。
  4. Invisible ink, pinpricks and indentations on letters were all used to convey details of troop movements, bombing raids and ship-building.
    信中的隐性墨水、针眼和印凹痕都透露着部队动向、炸弹突袭和军舰装备等信息。
  5. Jupiter's Galilean moons are just visible in this photo as tiny pinpricks of light very near the bright planet.
    木星的伽利略卫星在本影像中可见,就在木星附近几个一丁点大的光点。
  6. A device that uses teardrops to measure the amount of sugar in a person's blood could soon allow diabetics to forgo painful daily pinpricks.
    一项使用泪珠来测试一个人的血糖含量的新的装置即将用来测试糖尿病,这样可以省去每天抽血测量血糖的疼痛。
  7. In a variety of ways, despite the pinpricks, Kennedy played for the long term.
    肯尼迪尽管有些不痛快,仍然从长远着眼,进行种种筹划。
  8. Love is the voice on the telephone talking to old mum and dad, concerned definitely but unable to help them tide over the problems and pinpricks of each day.
    “爱”是在电话中对老爹老妈发出的一种嗓音&关爱无限,却无法帮他们处理每天的问题和琐事。
  9. I spotted the tiny pinpricks on her face.
    我注意到她脸上那些小刺孔。
  10. You have to ignore the pinpricks and just get on with the job.
    你必须忽略这些烦恼,继续工作。
  11. At night it is an expanse of darkness with only a few pinpricks of light.
    到了晚上,这里到处都是漆黑一片,只有零星的几点灯光。
  12. How do we know, for instance, that the stars, which look like tiny pinpricks in the sky, are really huge balls of fire like the sun and are very far away?
    例如,恒星看上去好像在天空中刺出的小孔。我们是如何知道恒星其实是像太阳一样的大火球,并且它们离我们非常远?
  13. But flooded coal mines, silted-up hydroelectric power stations and plunging oil imports mean it is increasingly difficult to keep powering the few luminous pinpricks visible from space.
    但煤矿被洪水淹没、水电站受到淤塞以及石油进口量骤降,表明朝鲜越来越难以为从太空中零星可见的发光点继续供电。