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sting/stiŋ/ n. & v.●n. 1 a sharp often poisonous wounding organ of an insect, nettle, etc. (昆虫、荨麻等的)螫针，刺毛 2a the act of inflicting a wound with this 刺；蜇；叮 b the wound itself or the pain caused by it 刺伤(处)；刺痛(处) 3 a wounding or painful quality or effect 灼痛；痛苦 the sting of hunger 饥饿的痛苦; stings of remorse 懊悔的痛楚 4 pungency, sharpness, vigour 辛辣；刻薄；尖刻 a sting in the voice 声音的尖刻 5 slang [俚语]a a swindle or robbery 诈骗；敲诈 b a police undercover operation (警方)精心设置的圈套 ●v. (past and past part. stung /stʌŋ/) 1a tr. wound or pierce with a sting 刺；蜇；叮 b intr. be able to sting; have a sting 有刺伤力；有蜇刺 2 intr. & tr. feel or cause to feel a tingling physical or sharp mental pain (肉体或精神上)感到(或引起)刺痛 3 tr. (foll. by 后跟 into) incite by a strong or painful mental effect 刺激 was stung into replying 气得反唇相讥 4 tr. slang swindle or charge exorbitantly [俚语]诈骗；敲诈 □ sting in the tail an unpleasant or problematic end to something, occurring unexpectedly 意想不到的令人不快(或有问题)的结局 □ stingingly adv.□ stingless adj.[Old English sting (n.), stingan (v.), from Germanic] |