英语词汇“pinprick”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example sentences from the Web for pinprick

The gap between rhetoric and action was on vivid display this weekend with pinprick U.S. strikes in northern Iraq.
Obama's Iraq-Syria Dilemma: No Force Now on the Ground Can Beat ISIS|Jamie Dettmer|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The offence itself seemed a pinprick beside the rankle of the wound to her pride.
Rest Harrow|Maurice Hewlett
Used as he had become, the past two years, to pinpricks of this sort, his colour betrayed how much the present pinprick hurt him.
The Brentons|Anna Chapin Ray
The cavalry horses and transport animals suffered from bursati, and even a pinprick expanded into a large open sore.
The River War|Winston S. Churchill

Besides, to shoot a mere amateur in Chouannerie would be as absurd as to fire on a balloon when a pinprick would disinflate it.
The Chouans|Honore de Balzac
And now thou art boasting aloud over this pinprick, which harms me not at all.
Stories from the Iliad|H. L. Havell

British Dictionary definitions for pinprick

pinprick

/ (ˈpɪnˌprɪk) /

noun

a slight puncture made by or as if by a pin

a small irritation

verb

(tr) to puncture with or as if with a pin

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单词	pinprick
释义	pinprick [ pin-prik ] / ˈpɪnˌprɪk / noun any minute puncture made by a pin or the like. a negligible irritation or annoyance. Origin of pinprick First recorded in 1745–55; pin + prick Words nearby pinprick Pinoy, PIN pad, pin plate, pinpoint, pinpoint bombing, pinprick, pin rail, PINS, pins and needles, pinscher, pin seal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pinprick The gap between rhetoric and action was on vivid display this weekend with pinprick U.S. strikes in northern Iraq. Obama's Iraq-Syria Dilemma: No Force Now on the Ground Can Beat ISIS\|Jamie Dettmer\|August 26, 2014\|DAILY BEAST The offence itself seemed a pinprick beside the rankle of the wound to her pride. Rest Harrow\|Maurice Hewlett Used as he had become, the past two years, to pinpricks of this sort, his colour betrayed how much the present pinprick hurt him. The Brentons\|Anna Chapin Ray The cavalry horses and transport animals suffered from bursati, and even a pinprick expanded into a large open sore. The River War\|Winston S. Churchill Besides, to shoot a mere amateur in Chouannerie would be as absurd as to fire on a balloon when a pinprick would disinflate it. The Chouans\|Honore de Balzac And now thou art boasting aloud over this pinprick, which harms me not at all. Stories from the Iliad\|H. L. Havell British Dictionary definitions for pinprick pinprick / (ˈpɪnˌprɪk) / noun a slight puncture made by or as if by a pin a small irritation verb (tr) to puncture with or as if with a pin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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pinprick

noun

Origin of pinprick

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Example sentences from the Web for pinprick

British Dictionary definitions for pinprick

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