| 单词 | needlelike |
| 例句 | She was standing by the counter, already breaking up some dried fish, extracting the needlelike bones. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Annabeth couldn’t help thinking how easily those needlelike teeth could sink into her neck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They brought the scent of the Sahara and Christmas, and yanked the slender, ovate leaves down from the frangipani and the needlelike leaves from the whistling pines, covering everything in a film of brown. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Thorn’s outfit had gloves with needlelike spikes that sprung up from the knuckles, and Seven’s had a small golden dagger that gleamed in the light. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Up and down more stairs, and now they were in a long, long room, made of glass, that protruded, needlelike, out over the leafless black-and-white countryside hundreds of feet below them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z From each dome rose a needlelike spire, all of them snapping with swallowtail flags and interconnected by ribbons across which children ran laughing, clad in cloaks of colored feathers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There are those with the right body type — long, tapering legs and feet and highly flexible shoulders — who hold a streamlined, needlelike position with toes pointed to allow a gradual closure of the water. Hitting the water without a splash gets big cheers, but has Olympic diving gotten too dry? 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z But the needlelike electrodes may drift slightly over time and record from different neurons, necessitating updates to the algorithm, Willett notes. Watch a person unable to speak for years ‘talk’ using a new brain implant 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Schwarz and his team found that before newts transform into full-fledged adults, they develop a tonguelike appendage that presses food against sharp, needlelike “teeth” on the roof of their mouth. How the tongue shaped life on Earth 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z As the gel freezes, the water inside it solidifies into needlelike ice structures, creating a matrix of thousands of tiny tubes. Why Is It So Hard to Make Vegan Fish? 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z The scientists also saw signs of a third form, but the needlelike crystals were too thin to study the crystal structure. Take Water. Add Sodium Chloride. Chill and Squeeze Into Salty Ices. 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z In addition, when charged, a coat of lithium metal can form on the surface and dendrites, or needlelike structures can grow, and lead to short-circuits. Tesla’s big batteries aren’t the fire problem — lithium is 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z The photos let you scrutinize these sublime creatures: the rainbow of colors, the tiny crosshatched feathers, the needlelike beak. Perspective | A Fairfax County, Va., park is abuzz with beautiful hummingbird photos 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z With its cargo of humans reaching arms and legs toward the sunset, it was reminiscent of the needlelike petals of the banksia flowers. Leaning into the mystery on a weekend getaway to Santa Cruz, Calif. 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z But we set out under clear, sunny skies, giving us stunning views of the 11,171-foot-high pinnacle and other needlelike peaks as we approached. Going all in on adventure in Patagonia 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z These fearsome fish, which can grow up to 5 feet in length and weigh 80 pounds, have around 500 needlelike teeth sticking out of jaws that are strong enough to crush crustaceans. This Pacific fish loses 20 teeth each day, then grows them all back 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Scacchi estimates that at least 70 percent of the local pines are infected — visibly so, as needlelike leaves turn yellow and then drop. Rome’s iconic pines, hit hard by a nasty parasite, now face their own pandemic 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Alternatively, they may insert needlelike electrodes into the brain's gray matter to probe its function. Electrodes That Stimulate the Brain Reveal the Roots of Conscious Experience 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Following the controversial conversion of Istanbul’s Byzantine-era landmark Hagia Sophia back into a mosque, worshippers held the first Muslim prayers inside in 86 years, its needlelike minarets framing a luminous, rising full moon. AP PHOTOS: From memorial to protest, the power of prayer 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Mosquitoes then pierce this plastic with their needlelike proboscis called a stylet. Scientists fight disease-carrying mosquitoes by letting them feed off their blood 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z It was a skinny, 4-foot-long fish with a needlelike mouth and menacing teeth. Hot ocean waters along East Coast are drawing in ‘weird’ fish and supercharging hurricane season 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z They form a mat and push needlelike projections into the ant’s muscle cells. After This Fungus Turns Ants Into Zombies, Their Bodies Explode 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Few wonders of the sunless depths appear quite so ghoulish or improbable as anglerfish, creatures that dangle bioluminescent lures in front of needlelike teeth. The Creepy Anglerfish Comes to Light. (Just Don’t Get Too Close.) 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z With needlelike ovipositors, parasitoid wasps lay their eggs into or on top of other insects. Before These Parasitic Wasps Finished Devouring Live Flies, They Became Fossils 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The TSA is tasked with finding needles in enormous haystacks; it is reasonable for the agency to zoom in on anything needlelike rather than closely scrutinizing every piece of hay. Opinion | TSA’s Quiet Skies may sound creepy, but there’s logic to it — if it’s done right 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Today’s mainstream neuroscience has its roots in studying the behavior of neurons one at a time using needlelike microelectrodes. "Traveling" Brain Waves May Be Critical for Cognition 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The laborers were doing concrete work on the luxury Steinway Tower at 111 West 57th Street, a needlelike skyscraper set to open next year full of condominiums for some of the world’s wealthiest people. Laborers on a ‘Billionaires’ Row’ Tower Cheated of Wages, D.A. Says 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Once the bug succeeds in getting close to a spider, it stabs the arachnid with its needlelike mouthpiece. How Deadly Assassin Bugs Sneak Up on Spiders However, the researchers were captivated by its extraordinary mouth, which housed hundreds of tightly packed needlelike teeth. Ancient Reptile Ate Like an Underwater Lawn Mower 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Less than a year later at Indian Oaks, Basner was accused of cornering a 17-year-old in a bathroom, pressing a needlelike object against his back and threatening to stab him, according to a police report. Sexually traumatized youths report new abuse at Indian Oaks 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z BrainGate works by inserting a small chip, studded with about 100 needlelike wires—a high-tech brush—into the part of the neocortex controlling movement. The Quest for a Better Brain 2014-03-17T09:32:18Z Platelets formed only when Goff's team added commonly used unsaturated emulsifiers, such as glycerol monooleate, which are thought to force the fat crystals to grow preferentially in one dimension, hence generating the needlelike profile. Scientists Turn To Unsaturated Fats For Healthier Ice Cream 2012-12-30T14:45:00.183Z In response, evergreen plants like conifer trees harden off to retain their needlelike leaves through winter. City Room: Looking Down to See Nature's Early-Autumn Change in Hues 2012-10-06T00:40:30Z The needlelike radio and television tower was built with steel tubes surrounding a central concrete column. Japan to get world’s second-tallest structure 2012-04-18T21:49:56Z After hauling the sediment onboard, they probed the core with a needlelike sensor to measure the oxygen concentration in each layer. Barely Breathing Microbes Still Living in 86-Million-Year-Old Clay 2012-05-17T19:10:00Z One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z "That will do," he grimly remarked, when Bertie had considerably reduced the original size of his piece of pencil by attempting to produce a point of needlelike fineness. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z Every one was healthily tired, though, and all the needlelike thrusts of the insects could not keep the girls awake. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z Single drops on the needlelike pine leaves glittered with the rainbow-like colors of diamonds. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z They home in on the scent of human breath and sweat and swiftly insert their needlelike mouthparts into the target’s skin. Scent of a Human: The Battle against Mosquitoes (preview) 2011-06-15T11:15:00.227Z Soon the pain came; needlelike shoots of broken nerves that had been numbed by shock. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z And the poisonous ones don’t all inject venom into their prey through hollow needlelike fangs. Snake Venom Viscosity Properties Help It Flow Into Prey 2011-05-18T01:15:05.980Z The crystals are long and needlelike when it evaporates down. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Two needlelike peaks showed well to the eastward. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z There was a sudden rush of the creatures, and needlelike fields were impelled viciously into the spaces the two humans occupied. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 And the chief guard's dart gun twanged as its needlelike missile sped forth and drove into the sick man's breast where it sang its shrill song of vibratory dissolution. Vulcan's Workshop He saw the needlelike teeth that lined their jaws. Deathworld After the fibers were carded, the concave section was lowered and the fibers were stripped off by hand with a needle stick, an implement resembling a comb with very fine needlelike metal teeth. The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines Learning that the roses had many thorns, he begged hard for one, whereupon Cis broke off for him that particular needlelike growth which was the farthest down on any stem. The Rich Little Poor Boy He felt that every bone in him was stiffening with cramp and needlelike pains shot through his nerves. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War An Army reconnaissance job, slim and needlelike, completely enclosed, looking more like a missile than a vehicle, and armored in dazzling, iridescent collapsium. The Cosmic Computer The three small ships covered the satellite quickly in evenly divided sections, reporting their readings on the needlelike instrument to Connel, who kept recording the reports on a pad at his knee. Danger in Deep Space One by one the remaining ships moved alongside until all six had their needlelike noses pointed toward the pale satellite of the Moon. Stand by for Mars! A hundred feet to the left was a wild thicket of ground thorns, their needlelike tips bristling. The Revolt on Venus The tongue is made to vibrate by tapping with the finger a needlelike spur that is left at the end of the instrument. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir The needlelike crags forming isles standing at a distance from the shore, such as are often found along hard rock coasts, are singularly protected from the action of effective waves. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Connel took the small needlelike microphone in his hand and spoke into it as the reel of sound tape unwound slowly. Sabotage in Space The gendarme, Durand, also sat down, twisting his mustache into needlelike points. Famous Modern Ghost Stories The fox, creeping to the edge of the clearing, saw with his needlelike eyes a red gleam through the chinks of the cabin. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky Notice how prickly and needlelike on all sides these cedar branches are. The Hunted Woman The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H Slowly he clenched his fingers, then opened them again, repeating the process over and over again while needlelike pains shot through his hands. Sabotage in Space From this place, as they looked toward the islet, the three rocks seemed so close together that they appeared blended, and the three sharp, needlelike points appeared to issue from one common base. Cord and Creese Bats flitted to and fro across my path, now and then, emitting their sharp, needlelike note, while, from somewhere in the dimness beyond, an owl hooted. The Broad Highway If, despite precautions, you get a sea urchin's needlelike spine broken off in your skin, soak the wound in vinegar which will dissolve the fragments and stop the pain in a few minutes. Let's Collect Rocks and Shells Unerringly he launched himself at the drowsy partridge's throat, and his needlelike teeth sank through feathers into flesh. Baree, Son of Kazan At this time we felt something rising from our heels along our back, gripping us in a spasm, as we were cycling along; a needlelike pang, too, pierced our heart with a sharp thrill. Native Life in South Africa |
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