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pinprick
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural pinpricks
plural pinpricks
Learner's definition of PINPRICK
[count]
1
2
: a very small point or dot极小的点 — often + of
- a pinprick [=pinpoint] of light小光点
3
: a slight but sharp pain caused by a pin or needle轻微刺痛 — often used figuratively常用作比喻
- He felt a pinprick in his leg.他感到腿上有处刺痛。
- I felt a pinprick of jealousy when I saw them together.看见他们在一起我感到一丝嫉妒。
pin·prick ˈpin-ˌprik 
Example Sentences
Noun He felt a pinprick in his leg. the nurse kindly put a decorated bandage over the pinprick from the injection
Recent Examples on the Web
CBS News, 24 Aug. 2022 By the 1970s, states had established newborn screening programs, in which a nurse takes a few drops of blood from a pinprick on a baby’s heel, then sends the sample to a lab to test for certain diseases. Wired, 17 Aug. 2022 Craigie focuses on the filament, creating latticework songs with precise details that strike the listener like a pinprick. Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 1 June 2022 Set among 700,000 acres of land on the red flanks of the Cockburn Ranges, El Questro Homestead is a pinprick of green, an improbable clifftop retreat for 20 guests perched on the edge of the Chamberlain River. Anabel Dean, CNN, 18 May 2022 The dishes were a wan pink, with pinpricks in them; each pinprick was a colony of minimal cells—a version called JCVI-syn3A. Cook gestured to a nearby microscope. James Somers, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022 The area separates Belarus from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, a pinprick of territory that remained part of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2022 Her idea that a pinprick of blood could be used to run dozens of tests, helping people detect life-threatening conditions earlier, was revolutionary and fit the bill of Silicon Valley's love affair with high-risk, high-reward investments. Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2022 Torres counted each pinprick softly to himself, then did some quick calculations. Max G. Levy, Wired, 30 Nov. 2021 Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2021 The teeny pinpricks force the skin to heal and build up stronger than before, while the device also deposits serum deeper into the skin. Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 9 Nov. 2018 Device testing was conducted at a refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya, where pinprick blood samples were examined for antibodies to measles and rubella. Helen Branswell, STAT, 25 Apr. 2018 Distorting drops of water pinpricked my face in the basin’s mirror. Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2017 Bonobo played an aquatically chill set of slow-moving dance music, followed by Four Tet, who kept his tempo but shifted to pinprick-precise, bucolic house. Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 16 May 2016 Distorting drops of waterpinpricked my face in the basin’s mirror. Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2017 See More
Noun
But these are a pinprick compared to what the Taliban experienced just prior to taking over the country on August 15th, 2021. CBS News, 24 Aug. 2022 By the 1970s, states had established newborn screening programs, in which a nurse takes a few drops of blood from a pinprick on a baby’s heel, then sends the sample to a lab to test for certain diseases. Wired, 17 Aug. 2022 Craigie focuses on the filament, creating latticework songs with precise details that strike the listener like a pinprick. Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 1 June 2022 Set among 700,000 acres of land on the red flanks of the Cockburn Ranges, El Questro Homestead is a pinprick of green, an improbable clifftop retreat for 20 guests perched on the edge of the Chamberlain River. Anabel Dean, CNN, 18 May 2022 The dishes were a wan pink, with pinpricks in them; each pinprick was a colony of minimal cells—a version called JCVI-syn3A. Cook gestured to a nearby microscope. James Somers, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022 The area separates Belarus from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, a pinprick of territory that remained part of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2022 Her idea that a pinprick of blood could be used to run dozens of tests, helping people detect life-threatening conditions earlier, was revolutionary and fit the bill of Silicon Valley's love affair with high-risk, high-reward investments. Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2022 Torres counted each pinprick softly to himself, then did some quick calculations. Max G. Levy, Wired, 30 Nov. 2021 Verb
At this height, the real thing looks fake, a composite of toy skyscrapers, tinfoil rivers, pinprick traffic lights, Central Park the size of a welcome mat, and some sort of nature in the hazy distance. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2021 The teeny pinpricks force the skin to heal and build up stronger than before, while the device also deposits serum deeper into the skin. Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 9 Nov. 2018 Device testing was conducted at a refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya, where pinprick blood samples were examined for antibodies to measles and rubella. Helen Branswell, STAT, 25 Apr. 2018 Distorting drops of water pinpricked my face in the basin’s mirror. Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2017 Bonobo played an aquatically chill set of slow-moving dance music, followed by Four Tet, who kept his tempo but shifted to pinprick-precise, bucolic house. Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 16 May 2016 Distorting drops of waterpinpricked my face in the basin’s mirror. Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2017 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1755, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1871, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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