"etching needle" meaning in Anglais

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Compositions en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Dates manquantes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions nominales en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Date à préciser)Composé de etching et de needle."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "etching needles",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈɛtʃ.ɪŋ ˈniː.dl̩z\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Locution nominale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lexique en anglais de l’art",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Poul Anderson, Trader to the Stars, 1964",
          "text": "Oh, well, I suppose a nonhuman might be as puzzled by an assortment of our own tools. Does it really make sense that the same race would use sledge hammers and etching needles?",
          "translation": "Oh, hé bien, j’imagine qu’un non-humain pourrait être aussi perplexe face à un assortiment de nos propres outils. Cela a-t-il vraiment un sens que la même race utilise des masses et des pointes sèches ?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pointe sèche."
      ],
      "id": "fr-etching_needle-en-noun-93wDtlLS",
      "topics": [
        "art"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈɛtʃ.ɪŋ ˈniː.dl̩\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "etching needle"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Compositions en anglais",
    "Dates manquantes en anglais",
    "Locutions nominales en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Date à préciser)Composé de etching et de needle."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "etching needles",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈɛtʃ.ɪŋ ˈniː.dl̩z\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Locution nominale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Lexique en anglais de l’art"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Poul Anderson, Trader to the Stars, 1964",
          "text": "Oh, well, I suppose a nonhuman might be as puzzled by an assortment of our own tools. Does it really make sense that the same race would use sledge hammers and etching needles?",
          "translation": "Oh, hé bien, j’imagine qu’un non-humain pourrait être aussi perplexe face à un assortiment de nos propres outils. Cela a-t-il vraiment un sens que la même race utilise des masses et des pointes sèches ?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pointe sèche."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "art"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈɛtʃ.ɪŋ ˈniː.dl̩\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "etching needle"
}