| 单词 | pinprick |
| 释义 | pinprick (once / 52531 pages) n A pinprick is what it sounds like — a tiny prick or hole created by something as small as a pin. People also use this word to represent something that is as annoying or irritating as the feeling of being pricked by a pin. The word pinprick can evoke the image of something so tiny that it is the size of a pinprick, like seeing the stars in the sky as pinpricks of light. And then there is the sensation of a pinprick that is annoying and quick. This latter meaning has a metaphorical use, like when something refers to a tiny problem as a pinprick in comparison to more weighty troubles. No matter how you experience it, a pinprick is tiny. Don't sweat the pinpricks in life. WORD FAMILYpinprick: pinpricks USAGE EXAMPLESEven the darkest moments are illuminated by pinpricks of light stubbornly forcing their way into the room. Time(Nov 14, 2016) Another, Theranos, promised but couldn't deliver on quick and cheap pinprick technology that it envisioned would allow people to bypass doctors for lab tests. Washington Post(Nov 11, 2016) But such cowardly gestures are mere pinpricks compared to the damage Israel faces in the final days of the Obama presidency. Washington Post(Oct 27, 2016) 1n small puncture (as if made by a pin) Hyper puncture a small hole made by a sharp object 2n a minor annoyance Hyper annoyance, botheration, irritation, vexation the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed |
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