pins and needles

noun

1. 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

1. N-UNCOUNT （身体某一部位发麻时的）针刺感
   If you have pins and needles in 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。

1. I had pins and needles in the tips of my fingers.
   我的指尖有针刺的感觉。
2. 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。
3. Many famous actors are on pins and needles before the curtain opens for a play.
   在帷幕拉开前，许多著名的演员感到坐立不安。
4. She sat for so long that she felt pins and needles in her legs.
   她坐得太久，腿都麻了。
5. I have pins and needles in my right arm.
   我右手臂发麻。
6. He is on pins and needles.
   他如坐针毡。
7. He's on pins and needles.
   他坐立不安的。
8. 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。
9. He tried to look calm and confident but everybody in the courtroom knew he was on pins and needles.
   当陪审团团长开始宣读裁决书的时候，这个摔跤运动员的脸白得像一张白纸一样。他想装得很平静，很有自信，但是在法庭上的每个人都知道他很紧张。
10. This movie will keep you on pins and needles from beginning to end.
    这部电影会让你从头到尾觉得很紧张，刺激。
11. I'm all pins and needles.
    我都起鸡皮疙瘩了。
12. The contestant was waiting for her final score on pins and needles.
    这位参赛选手正在焦急万分地等待她最后的得分。
13. Rose has its thorn you never find a woman without pins and needles.
    朵朵玫瑰均有刺，女人无一不带针。
14. She's been in there for so long, I'm on pins and needles to find out if it's a boy or a girl!
    她已经进去一个小时了，我迫不及待地想知道生的是男孩还是女孩。
15. 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。
16. The sensation of pins and needles is caused by an impairment of blood circulation.
    身体发麻的感觉是由血液循环不畅引起的。
17. They waited on pins and needles for the football scores.
    他们如坐针毡般地等待足球比分。
18. I was on pins and needles until I knew my marks.
    在知道成绩之前我如坐针毡。
19. We had been on pins and needles all day long, until we received his telegram.
    在接到他的电报以前，我们一直焦急不安。
20. He was on pins and needles in wanting to know whether his daughter had been saved or not.
    他坐立不安，急于要知道他的女儿是否脱险。
21. 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。
22. They are on pins and needles, not knowing what to do.
    他们如坐针毡，不知道做什么好。
23. I'm on pins and needles.
    我是如坐针毡啊。
24. The father-to-be is on pins and needles.
    即将成为父亲的人紧张地如坐针毡。
25. I feel my hands on pins and needles, this is not fiction, so many materials, so many stories, not much, writing.
    我感到我的手在发麻，这毕竟不是小说啊，那么多的材料，那么多的故事，千头万绪，无从下笔。
26. So I never tear my hair before exams and I'm never as nervous as a cat on the hot roof or have a lot of butterflies in my stomach or sit on pins and needles.
    我从不本末倒置，不分主次。所以考试前我从不临时抱佛脚，或紧张得如热锅上的蚂蚁，忐忑不安，如坐针毡。
27. I've got pins and needles in my hands.
    你可知道，我如坐针毡似的等着你的电话。
28. You are like a little monkey, on pins and needles!
    你就像个小猴子，如坐针毡啊！
29. I have pins and needles that I'm sitting on.
    我要让那些谣言销声匿迹。
30. 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！

n.

be on pins and needles

be on pins and needles

noun

1. a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation