单词 | sting |
释义 | sting¹ 🄰 vt. 1.(prick)animal +刺;蜇;叮;plant +刺;扎 Lieutenant Budden was stung by a bee.布登中尉被蜜蜂蜇了。 A wasp stung him on the neck.一只黄蜂蜇了他的脖子。 The nettles stung their legs.荨麻扎了他们的腿。 I've been stung.我被蜇了。 2.(cause physical pain to)ointment, smoke, tears +使感到刺痛;使感到灼痛 Sprays can sting sensitive skin.喷剂可能会使敏感肌肤感到刺痛。 Tears stung her eyes.泪水刺痛了她的双眼。 3.(cause mental pain to)remark, criticism, harsh words +刺伤;刺痛;使痛苦 She burst into tears, stung by the harshness of his words.他那番严厉无情的话刺痛了她, 眼泪夺眶而出。 4.to sting sb into action (incite)激励某人行动起来 The quick goal only stung Bradford into action.这个能迅速达到的目标反而激励布拉德福德行动起来。 5.(cheat)欺骗;(尤指)向…索高价, 敲诈 A 30-day warranty on each computer minimized the chances of being stung.每台电脑30天的保用期将被索要高价维修费的风险降到了最低。 🄱 vi. 1.(prick)animal +刺;蜇;叮;plant +刺;扎 Bees do not normally sting unless provoked.蜜蜂一般是不蜇人的, 除非被人招惹。 Wasps can sting repeatedly.黄蜂能多次蜇人。 2.(feel physical pain)person, body part, cut +感到刺痛;感到灼痛 My face was stinging painfully.我的脸感到刺痛。 His cheeks were stinging from the icy wind.刺骨的寒风吹得他脸颊生疼。 My eyes are stinging.我眼睛疼。 3.(cause physical pain)substance, blow, slap +引起刺痛;引起灼痛;wind, cold +引起疼痛;刺骨 He felt the iodine stinging.他感觉到碘酒刺痛他的皮肤。 The wind stings, the cold bites.寒风凛冽, 严寒刺骨。 The blow stung so badly his eyes watered.那一下打得很痛, 他眼泪直流。 4.(cause mental pain)criticism, harsh words +引起痛苦;造成伤害 Quite clearly, the criticism in that letter stung.很明显, 那封信里的批评造成了伤害。 The insult stung.这一侮辱很伤人。 The words stung like a slap.这些话像一记耳光一样伤人。 sting²1.(wound)+of insect刺伤;蜇伤;叮伤;+of plant刺伤;扎伤 Fleshy dock leaves were soothing for nettle stings.肉质的酸模叶对荨麻扎伤有舒缓作用。 Bee stings can be painful.被蜜蜂蜇伤可能会很疼。 2.(physical pain)刺痛;灼痛 This won't hurt, you'll just feel a little sting.这不会痛的——你只会感觉像被轻轻叮了一下。 3.(mental pain)痛苦;伤痛 He flinched at the sting of that word.那个字眼刺痛了他, 他畏缩了。 4.(organ)螫针 Remove the bee sting with tweezers.用镊子拔掉蜜蜂的螫针。 This is not a worker bee, it has no sting.这不是只工蜂, 它没有螫针。 5.(ability to cause mental pain)刺痛力;伤害力 the sharp sting of Alberta justice艾伯塔省司法的严酷 6.(sth painful or swift)痛苦的事;转瞬间发生的事 7.(incitement)刺激物;激励物;激励因素 8.=stinging hair 9.<非正式>(confidence trick)骗局;诡计 Plans were carefully laid for the big sting.这个大骗局已经精心设计好了。 10.<非正式>(set-up)(警察为获得证据而设计的引诱嫌疑人犯罪的)诱捕圈套 The police ran a sting operation to crack down on illegal guns.警方展开诱捕行动以严打非法枪支。 a sting set by the FBI美国联邦调查局设置的圈套 11.a sting in the tail煞风景的结局;令人不愉快的结尾 one of the best stings in the tail I've ever seen我看过的最煞风景的结尾之一 12.to take the sting out of sth减轻…的痛苦;减少…的不愉快 I have a stock of answers with which to take the sting out of most situations.我准备了很多种回答, 大多数情况下都可以缓和气氛。 |
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