sting
- v.刺;蜇;叮;使不安;激怒;(使)感觉刺痛,感觉灼痛;对(某人)敲竹杠
- n.(植物的)刺,刺毛;(昆虫的)螫针,刺;(身体或心灵的)剧痛,痛苦;蜇伤;圈套;刺伤;叮伤;骗局,诡计
复数: stings 过去式: stung 现在分词: stinging 过去分词: stung 第三人称单数: stings
verb
刺;蜇;叮
to touch your skin or make a very small hole in it so that you feel a sharp pain
I was stung on the arm by a wasp.
我的胳膊给黄蜂蜇了一下。
Be careful of the nettles─they sting!
小心给荨麻扎着——荨麻有刺!
(使)感觉刺痛,感觉灼痛
to feel, or to make sb feel, a sharp pain in a part of their body
I put some antiseptic on the cut and it stung for a moment.
我在割破的地方抹了点抗菌剂,一时间十分刺痛。
My eyes were stinging from the smoke.
烟熏得我眼睛疼。
Tears stung her eyes.
她流泪流得眼睛疼。
激怒;使不安
to make sb feel angry or upset
He was stung by their criticism.
他们的批评使他心烦意乱。
Their cruel remarks stung her into action.
他们伤人的话激怒了她,使她不得不采取行动。
They launched a stinging attack on the government.
他们对政府进行了猛烈的抨击。
对(某人)敲竹杠;敲诈;欺诈
to charge sb more money than they expected; to charge sb who did not expect to pay
I got stung for a £100 meal.
我挨宰了,一顿饭吃了100英镑。
向某人借钱
to borrow money from sb
noun
(昆虫的)螫针,刺;(植物的)刺,刺毛
the sharp pointed part of an insect or creature that can go into the skin leaving a small, painful and sometimes poisonous wound
the sting of a bee
蜜蜂的螫针
The scorpion has a sting in its tail.
蝎子尾巴上有螫针。
刺伤;蜇伤;叮伤
a wound that is made when an insect, a creature or a plant stings you
A wasp or bee sting is painful but not necessarily serious.
被黄蜂或蜜蜂蜇一下疼是疼,但未必碍事。
(身体或心灵的)剧痛,痛苦
any sharp pain in your body or mind
the sting of salt in a wound
伤口上撒盐引起的剧痛
He smiled at her, trying to take the sting out of his words (= trying to make the situation less painful or difficult) .
他冲她微微一笑,想使他的话不至于刺痛她。
(警察为抓捕罪犯而设的)圈套
a clever secret plan by the police to catch criminals
a sting operation to catch heroin dealers in Detroit
在底特律设圈套抓捕海洛因贩子的行动
(罪犯诈骗钱财的)骗局,诡计
a clever plan by criminals to cheat people out of a lot of money
an unpleasant feature that comes at the end of a story, an event, etc. and spoils it
These are all words that can be used when part of your body feels painful.以上各词均可指身体部位感到疼痛。
(of part of your body) to feel painful; (of an action) to cause pain指(身体部位)感到疼痛、(某一动作)引起疼痛:
My feet hurt.
我脚疼。
Ouch! That hurt!
哎哟!好疼!
to feel a continuous dull pain指疼痛、隐痛:
I'm aching all over.
我周身疼痛。
(of part of your body) to feel very hot and painful指(身体部位)火辣辣地痛、发烫:
Our eyes were burning from the chemicals in the air.
空气中弥漫的化学物质熏得我们的眼睛火辣辣地痛。
to make sb feel a sharp burning pain or uncomfortable feeling in part of their body; (of part of your body) to feel this pain指(使)身体部位感觉刺痛、灼痛:
My eyes were stinging from the smoke.
烟熏得我眼睛痛。
(of part of your body) to feel as if a lot of small sharp points are pushing into the skin there指(身体部位)感到刺痛:
The cold air made her face tingle.
冷空气冻得她的脸发痛。
(of part of your body) to feel pain as a series of regular beats指(身体部位)有规律地抽动、抽痛:
His head throbbed painfully.
他的头一抽一跳地痛。
sting
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VERB 刺;叮;蜇
If a plant, animal, or insect stings you, a sharp part of it, usually covered with poison, is pushed into your skin so that you feel a sharp pain.The nettles stung their legs...
荨麻扎了他们的腿。
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N-COUNT (昆虫、动物的)螫刺,螫针,刺
The sting of an insect or animal is the part that stings you.Remove the bee sting with tweezers.
用镊子拔掉蜜蜂的螫刺。
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N-COUNT 刺伤;叮伤;蜇痛
If you feel a sting, you feel a sharp pain in your skin or other part of your body.This won't hurt — you will just feel a little sting.
这不痛——你只会感觉到像被轻轻叮了一下。
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V-ERG (使)感到刺痛;(使)感到灼痛
If a part of your body stings, or if a substance stings it, you feel a sharp pain there.His cheeks were stinging from the icy wind...
刺骨的寒风吹得他脸颊生疼。
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VERB (言谈)刺痛,刺伤,惹恼
If someone's remarks sting you, they make you feel hurt and annoyed.He's a sensitive lad and some of the criticism has stung him...
他是个敏感的小伙子,有些批评刺痛了他。
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...a stinging attack on the government's economic policy.
对政府经济政策的犀利抨击
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N-COUNT (警方为抓捕罪犯精心设计的)圈套
A sting is a clever secret plan carried out by the police in order to catch criminals.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。
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PHRASE 煞风景的结局;令人不愉快的结尾
If an announcement or decision has a sting in the tail or a sting in its tail, it contains a critical and unpleasant part, normally at the end. -
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PHRASE 减少麻烦;减轻不愉快
If something takes the sting out of a situation, it makes it less unpleasant.
noun
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- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- Synonym: bunco bunco game bunko bunko game con confidence trick confidence game con game gyp hustle flimflam
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- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- Synonym: bite insect bite
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- a mental pain or distress
- a pang of conscience
- Synonym: pang
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- a kind of pain;something as sudden and painful as being stung
- the sting of death
- he felt the stinging of nettles
- Synonym: stinging
verb
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- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- They stuck me with the dinner bill
- I was stung with a huge tax bill
- Synonym: stick
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- deliver a sting to
- A bee stung my arm yesterday
- Synonym: bite prick
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- cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
- His remark stung her
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- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- The sun burned his face
- Synonym: bite burn
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- cause a stinging pain
- The needle pricked his skin
- Synonym: prick twinge
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Be careful of the nettles ─ they sting !
小心给荨麻扎着——荨麻有刺!
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Do you want this anemone to sting you ?
你想让这个海葵刺疼你吗?
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He smiled at her , trying to take the sting out of his words .
他冲她微微一笑,想使他的话不至于刺痛她。
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The novel is a stinging satire on American politics .
这部小说是对美国政治的尖锐讽刺。
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I put some antiseptic on the cut and it stung for a moment .
我在割破的地方抹了点抗菌剂,一时间十分刺痛。
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I got stung for a £ 100 meal .
我挨宰了,一顿饭吃了100英镑。
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A wasp or bee sting is painful but not necessarily serious .
被黄蜂或蜜蜂蜇一下疼是疼,但未必碍事。
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My eyes were stinging from the smoke .
烟熏得我眼睛痛。
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My eyes were stinging from the smoke .
烟熏得我眼睛疼。
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Their cruel remarks stung her into action .
他们伤人的话激怒了她,使她不得不采取行动。
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Tears stung her eyes .
她流泪流得眼睛疼。
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I was stung on the arm by a wasp .
我的胳膊给黄蜂蜇了一下。
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The scorpion has a sting in its tail .
蝎子尾巴上有螫针。
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He was silenced by her stinging rebuke .
她的尖锐批评使他哑口无言。
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Never put any essential oils near the eyes . They are very strong and could sting
千万不要将任何精油抹到眼睛周围。它们有很强的刺激性,可能会使眼睛产生刺痛感。
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This won 't hurt — you will just feel a little sting .
这不痛——你只会感觉到像被轻轻叮了一下。
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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。
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The barb stung her exactly the way he hoped it would .
如他所愿,这句带刺的话刺痛了她。
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The stinging nettle has a square stem and little hairs .
荨麻长有四方茎和细小茸毛。
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The November air stung my cheeks , a harbinger of winter .
11月的空气刺痛了我的脸颊,预示着冬天就要来临。
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He 's a sensitive lad and some of the criticism has stung him
他是个敏感的小伙子,有些批评刺痛了他。
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The stinging slap almost caught his face
那狠狠的一巴掌差点搧在他脸上。
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This type of bee rarely stings .
这种蜜蜂很少蜇人。
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She burst into tears , stung by the harshness of his words .
他那番严厉无情的话让她伤心得大哭起来。
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Stung by recent publicity , the Home Office now seems to be trying to brazen this issue out .
在最近的公众舆论刺激下,内政部现在似乎想要把这个问题硬撑下去。
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On September 24 , he wrote a stinging denunciation of his critics
9月24号,他写了一篇痛斥那些批评者的措词强烈的文章。
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Sprays can sting sensitive skin .
这些喷剂会使敏感肌肤感到刺痛。
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A stinging slap across the face jolted her
火辣辣的一巴掌打在脸上,她惊呆了。
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His cheeks were stinging from the icy wind
刺骨的寒风吹得他脸颊生疼。
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Remove the bee sting with tweezers .
用镊子拔掉蜜蜂的螫刺。
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