美国流行文化从A到Z——On pins and needles
<p><span word="on">on</span> <span word="pins">pins</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="needles">needles</span>的字面意思是“一堆大头针和绣花针”，实际引申为“如针扎的刺痛感”。这种感觉在身体某部分出现麻木的情况时非常明显。比如我们坐太久了，导致腿部发麻，如果这个时候突然站起来的话，就会明显感觉到一阵剌痛，这就叫<span word="pins">pins</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="needles">needles</span>。</p><p>在医学术语中，<span word="pins">pins</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="needles">needles</span>还有一个专门的称谓<span word="paresthesia">paresthesia</span>(皮肤感觉异常，如灼痛、针扎痛、痒痛或刺痛)。跟绝大多数医学术语一样，这个词对普通人来说是天书，根本听不懂。他们一般都只用<span word="pins">pins</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="needles">needles</span>，或者称自己有麻木感的那个部位“睡着”了(<span word="arms">arms</span>/<span word="legs">legs</span>/<span word="hands">hands</span>/<span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="fall">fall</span> <span word="asleep">asleep</span>)。医生跟病人 <span word="Jack">Jack</span>: <span word="Your">Your</span> <span word="neck">neck</span> .<span word="does">does</span>“<span word="hurt">hurt</span> ? <span word="Any">Any</span> <span word="numbnss">numbnss</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="fingers">fingers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tocs">tocs</span>.<span word="like">like</span> <span word="pins">pins</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="needles">needles</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="falls">falls</span> <span word="asleep">asleep</span>, <span word="butpermanent">butpermanent</span> ?(你的脖子痛吗?你的手指和脚趾有没有麻木感，就像你的脚“睡着”时那种刺痛的感觉，但是永久性的?) <span word="Ben">Ben</span>: <span word="Why">Why</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="asking">asking</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="questios">questios</span>, <span word="Jack">Jack</span>? (<span word="Jack">Jack</span>，你为什么要问我这些问题?) <span word="Jack">Jack</span>: <span word="Because">Because</span>. <span word="Ben">Ben</span> . <span word="you">you</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tuunor">tuunor</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="spine">spine</span>. <span word="An">An</span> <span word="aggressive">aggressive</span> <span word="tuinor">tuinor</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="kill">kill</span> <span word="you">you</span> (<span word="Ben">Ben</span>，因为你的脊柱上有个肿瘤，一个致命的扩散性肿瘤。)</p><p>尽管<span word="pins">pins</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="needles">needles</span>的引申义比较常用，但相关短语<span word="on">on</span> <span word="pinsand">pinsand</span> <span word="needles">needles</span>还是来自前者的本义。“在针上”是什么感觉?当然是“如坐针毡”，所以<span word="on">on</span> <span word="pins">pins</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="needles">needles</span>用来形容焦灼地等待、</p>
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