🇬🇧🇨🇳 needle - 松针 : English Lesson

Meaning of "needle" ("松针"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A needle is a special kind of leaf that grows on pine trees and some other evergreen trees. Instead of being wide and flat like many leaves, a needle is long, skinny, and pointed at the end. Pine needles usually grow in bunches, stay green all year, and can feel a little prickly if you grab them with your bare hands.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

A pine needle poked me, and the tree whispered, "Personal space, please."

I tried to count all the pine needles on the tree and forgot what number comes after "a million-ish."

The pine tree shook its branches, and pine needles rained down like very pointy confetti.

I gave a pine needle to a beetle, and now it thinks it owns a surfboard.

Pine needles are actually leaves that stay green all year.

She crouched by the pine and picked up a brown needle, then another needle, then a fresh green needle. She made a tiny stack of needle tips on a stone. One needle jabbed her thumb; she sucked the sting and watched a bird lift a needle and fly away, smiling at its small nest.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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