"pincushion" in Chinese (Simplified)
针垫
Definition
针垫是一种小巧柔软的物品,用来存放针和别针,方便缝纫时取用。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
主要用于缝纫场合,表示实物名词。有时也可以比喻被反复遭受某种事物的人,比如“他感觉自己像个针垫,被打了很多针”。
Examples
She keeps her pins in a pincushion on the table.
她把别针放在桌子上的**针垫**里。
The red tomato pincushion is very popular.
番茄形状的红色**针垫**很受欢迎。
Please hand me the pincushion so I don't lose my pins.
请把**针垫**递给我,这样我就不会丢针了。
My grandmother's sewing kit always had a clever little pincushion shaped like a bird.
我奶奶的缝纫盒里总有一个像小鸟一样的**针垫**。
After the vaccinations, I felt like a human pincushion!
打完疫苗后,我感觉自己成了个人体**针垫**!
If you don't use a pincushion, you'll end up with pins all over the floor.
如果你不用**针垫**,到处都是针。