The needle jumped across the dial.

指针突然从刻度盘的一端跳到另一端。

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She grimaced as the needle went in.

针扎进去痛得她龇牙咧嘴。

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The needle on the rev counter soared.

转速计的指针猛升。

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Embroidery work involves using colored yarn and a needle to create designs on the surface of cloth.

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When you're driving in your car, there's a needle and the needle says 60; that's your velocity at this instant.

当你在开车时,有一根指针指着60,表示你这个时刻的速度

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And so, this one here, I am going to say let's bury the needle on this one.

这个分子，我们把测量表的针标在这儿。

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"We really wanted to move the needle on fundamental educational problems" of access and affordability.

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Put simply, neither Maryland nor Rutgers moves the needle nationally when it comes to football.

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The knife--originally knapped stone--has been the partner of the needle since the Paleolithic era.

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