sting 英 [stɪŋ]   美 [stɪŋ]

sting

sting  英 [stɪŋ] 美 [stɪŋ]

v. 刺;蜇;叮;刺痛  n. 刺;刺痛 

进行时:stinging  过去式:stung  过去分词:stung  第三人称单数:stings  名词复数:stings 

I was stung on the arm by a wasp. 我的胳膊给黄蜂蜇了一下。
My eyes were stinging from the smoke. 烟熏得我眼睛疼。

  • Sting most commonly refers to the wound inflicted by a bee or hornet, or to a kind of burning pain, like the brief sting when your doctor gives you a vaccine. A nasty remark can also sting.
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  • v. 刺;蜇;叮;刺痛
  • n. 刺;刺痛
  • 1. I was stung on the arm by a wasp.

    我的胳膊给黄蜂蜇了一下。

  • 2. My eyes were stinging from the smoke.

    烟熏得我眼睛疼。

  • 3. He was stung by their criticism.

    他们的批评使他心烦意乱。

  • 4. Their cruel remarks stung her into action.

    他们伤人的话激怒了她,使她采取了行动。

  • 5. the sting of a bee

    蜜蜂的螫针

  • 6. 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。

  • 7. the sting of salt in a wound

    伤口上撒盐引起的剧痛

  • sting (n.) Old English stincg, steng "act of stinging, puncture, thrust," from the root of sting (v.). Meaning "sharp-pointed organ capable of inflicting a painful puncture wound" is from late 14c. Meaning "carefully planned theft or robbery" is attested from 1930; sense of "police undercover entrapment" first attested 1975.
  • sting (v.) Old English stingan "to stab, pierce, or prick with a point" (of weapons, insects, plants, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *stingan (source also of Old Norse stinga, Old High German stungen "to prick," Gothic us-stagg "to prick out," Old High German stanga, German stange "pole, perch," German stengel "stalk, stem"), perhaps from PIE *stengh-, nasalized form of root *stegh- "to stick, prick, sting."
sting / stɪŋ ; NAmE stɪŋ / verb , noun sting stings stung stinging verb ( stung , stung / stʌŋ ; NAmE stʌŋ / ) 1 [transitive ,  intransitive ] sting(sb/sth) (of an insect or plant 昆虫或植物 ) to touch your skin or make a very small hole in it so that you feel a sharp pain 刺;蜇;叮 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! 2 [intransitive ,  transitive ] to feel, or to make sb feel, a sharp pain in a part of their body (使)感觉刺痛,感觉灼痛 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。 stingsth Tears stung her eyes. 她流泪流得眼睛疼。 synonyms at hurt 3 [transitive ] to make sb feel angry or upset 激怒;使不安 stingsb He was stung by their criticism. 他们的批评使他心烦意乱。 They launched a stinging attack on the government. 他们对政府进行了猛烈的抨击。 stingsb to/into sth Their cruel remarks stung her into action. 他们伤人的话激怒了她,使她采取了行动。 stingsb into doing sth He was stung into answering in his defence. 他被激怒了,不得不作出回应为自己辩护。 4 [transitive ,  often passive ] stingsb (for sth) ( informal) to charge sb more money than they expected; to charge sb who did not expect to pay 对(某人)敲竹杠;敲诈;欺诈 I got stung for a £100 meal. 我捱宰了,一顿饭吃了 100 英镑。 PHRASAL VERB ˈsting sb for sth ( BrE) ( informal) to borrow money from sb 向某人借钱 noun 1 ( NAmE also sting·er ) [countable ] the sharp pointed part of an insect or creature that can go into the skin leaving a small, painful and sometimes poisonous wound (昆虫的)螫针,刺;(植物的)刺,刺毛 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。 2 [countable ] a wound that is made when an insect, a creature or a plant stings you 刺伤;蜇伤;叮伤 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。 3 [countable ,  uncountable ] any sharp pain in your body or mind (身体或心灵的)剧痛,痛苦 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 ofhis 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。 4 [countable ] a clever secret plan by the police to catch criminals (警察为抓捕罪犯而设的)圈套 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 5 [countable ] ( especially NAmE) a clever plan by criminals to cheat people out of a lot of money (罪犯诈骗钱财的)骗局,诡计 IDIOM a ˌsting in the ˈtail ( informal) an unpleasant feature that comes at the end of a story, an event, etc. and spoils it 煞风景的结局 sting / stɪŋ ; NAmE stɪŋ / stung / stʌŋ ; NAmE stʌŋ /
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