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knitting needle

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈknitting ˌneedle noun [countable]  DLTZone of the two long sticks with round ends that you use to knit something 编织针4  See picture of 见图 SEWING
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knitting needleMr Davidson was battered to death while his daughter's eye was pierced with a knitting needle.A knitting needle, in this day and age!The next few days she stalked the flat with a hot knitting needle.It was like a long knitting needle.They had a steel knitting needle.Cornelius observed that these corresponded in size to the diameter of a number thirteen knitting needle.
ˈknitting ˌneedle nounChineseSyllable
two long with ends Corpus of the sticks round one


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knitting needle
ˈknitting ˌneedle noun [countable]

one of the two long sticks with round ends that you use to knit something


knitting needleBrE /ˈnɪtɪŋ niːdl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnɪtɪŋ niːdl/ 🔊 noun
a long thin stick with a round end that you use for knitting by hand 编织针;毛衣针