1(of insects and certain other animals) able to wound the skin with a sting or fangs.

1. 1.1 (of wind or cold) so cold as to be painful.
   （风，寒冷）刺骨的，凛冽的
   he leaned forward to protect himself against the biting wind

   他身体前倾以抵御刺骨的寒风。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It can feel relatively warm, even in sub-zero temperatures, if the sky is clear and the sun is shining, while a higher temperature can feel relatively cool if accompanied by a biting cold wind.
   • With the very cold biting wind on their backs and also the advantage of having the pitch incline in their favour, Carlow put on early pressure on the Wexford back line.
   • Situated on a ridge above Maneybhanjang, clouds from the northwest are ever present as is the cold and biting wind.
   • And with that his ever so silent manner seemed to return and he was headed off to the biting cold and howling winds.
   • Groaning, I could only squirm as more winds of biting cold nipped at my body.
   • Gouthwaite near the northern end, you can't see the cold, biting rain in this picture, but I assure you it was there.
   • A cold, biting wind blew and the rose dropped soundless on the grave.
   • Forcing it down, she hurried up the road and met the cold, biting wind head on.
   • You can almost feel the bitter cold and biting Antarctic wind in this excellent biography of a polar hero.
   • We've had hail and snow, with two hours of sun in between, and a biting cold wind that almost blew me away when I came out of B&Q, where I'd gone to buy shelves.
   • He didn't like it - the cold landscape with the biting chill of the wind on his face - because it felt so real.
   • Through rain, through wind, through biting cold, he ran as if his life depended on it, and it may very well have.
   • So focused was he that he did not even notice the biting wind of the cold winter night.
   • It may have been the biting cold wind that concentrated minds on my questions, but contrary to what opinion surveys are finding, almost nobody owned up to being a don't know or no-show.
   • On a cold day with biting winds, protesters of all ages, religion and race joined the rally, organised by the Stop the War Coalition.
   • The winner was a five-and-a-half pound cod while hundreds of anglers caught nothing more than a cold, fighting off biting wind, rain and huge waves.
   • Outside weatherwise it was the worst of times with damp cold drizzle and a biting breeze which made life miserable for man and beast, while inside around the ring it was the best of times.
   • I endured winter blizzards, biting gale force winds, pouring rain, fog, hailstones, and the energy-sapping humidity of midsummer.
   • Each individual had a unique humoral balance which could be easily disrupted by conditions such as cold, biting winds, poor air, or injudicious eating.
   • The biting wind was cold; it rustled through her clothes and froze her teeth.

   Synonyms

   bitterly cold, freezing, icy-cold, arctic, glacial, frigid, frosty, icy, chilly
2. 1.2 (of wit or criticism) harsh or cruel.
   犀利的，辛辣的，尖刻的，狠毒的
   his biting satire on corruption and power

   他对腐败和强权的辛辣讽刺。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Simmons, 50, captures the greed of the eighties with biting wit.
   • You have a biting wit and intense powers of observation.
   • There are nice physical comedy moments as well as the biting wit of the verbal humor, but so much of it gets spoiled by the savage racism of the characters.
   • She was a first-rate raconteur who delivered stories with dry, sometimes biting wit.
   • Where was the biting wit and the constant chirping?
   • This, the film seems to argue, is central to shaping Whale's distrust of authority and his biting wit.
   • It requires a biting wit and an ability to make fun of people even if they're being earnest, but especially if they're merely pretending to be earnest.
   • The review is a tremendous tribute to Tawney as a historian, his majestic style and his biting wit.
   • Dorothy Parker wrote for the New Yorker and Vanity Fair magazines with a caustic pen, but her biting wit also had a mournful edge.
   • It's not a biting criticism of the Anglican Church or of religion in general but a light-hearted poke at the churchmen of England.
   • These biting criticisms and self-aware jokes are through the roof, but it's all built on top of great, great pain.
   • Some of these amount to a biting criticism of our modern healthcare system.
   • His criticisms, though occasionally biting, were never vicious, and invariably constructive.
   • He began his speech with a biting criticism of corporate crime and introduced his Twelve-Step Congressional Candidate Pledge.
   • Even the biting wit of this film has something of lost innocence about it.
   • What we should do is reach out to those who are now totally turned off by spoof films and offer some biting criticism of the spoof genre.
   • The sequences from The Mikado in particular impress one with their wit, their biting satire and their musicality.
   • More biting criticism has come from another former insider.
   • I have been struck by the lack of enthusiasm about this election in the British blogosphere, whose biting wit seems to have turned into dreary cynicism.
   • The director punches just the right sized holes allowing biting wit to illuminate the darkened text.

   Synonyms

   vicious, harsh, cruel, savage, cutting, sharp, bitter, sarcastic, scathing, incisive, trenchant, caustic, acid, mordant, astringent, acrimonious, acerbic, stinging, blistering, searing, withering