单词 | stinger |
释义 | stingern.1 1. One who stings; applied figuratively to Death. Also, one who goads or instigates; one who has a sharp tongue. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > personified or as an agent deathOE dragon?a1513 stinger1552 stretch-legc1560 king of terrors1610 divorcer?1611 reaper1650 raw-bone1784 Small-Back1823 grim reaper1847 the great or last enemy1885 scytheman1909 the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates prickera1382 stirrerc1384 enticerc1386 exciter1387 risera1398 solicitor1412 erterc1440 prompter1440 stirrer?1533 motionerc1535 author1546 onsetter1549 stinger1552 setter-on1560 incentor1570 incensora1575 mover1578 whetter1579 out-hounder1596 hounder1597 egger on1598 inciter1598 instigator1598 urger1598 motive1600 fomenter1607 inflamer1609 fetcher in?1611 provokera1616 putter-ona1616 monitor1616 spurrer1632 outputter1639 poddera1640 commoter1646 impulsor1653 shaker and mover1874 agent provocateur1888 impeller1889 sooler1935 spark plug1941 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun] > one who uses invective or abuse scoldc1175 scolder1423 railer1513 reviler1517 stinger1552 disgracer1570 invectiver1596 inveighera1601 outrayer1602 blatant1610 vent-giver1611 invector1654 insectator1706 slangwhanger1807 vituperator1837 invectivist1862 clapperclawer1873 vituperant1889 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Prycker or stynger, Stigator, stimulator. 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 13 To stingers suche a stingyng crowne, of Nettelles doeth belong. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Triumph of Faith in tr. Deuine Weekes & Wks. 564 Life of our life, our deaths death, Stingers sting. a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) sig. F1v Haue ye not heard I haue bin a stinger, a tickler, a wormer. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Esguillonneur, a pricker, stinger. 1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger ii. ii. 507 Pratlers, tatlers, stingers [It. mordaci]. 1827 C. Lamb Going or Gone in Poems 5 Death, that last Stinger. 2. An animal or plant that stings. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > [noun] > poisonous or stinging stinger1593 noxious weed1773 banewort1864 the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > that stings stinger1593 the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > stings or bites > cause of stinger1593 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 143 The gad-fly is a little creature; but some little creatures be stingers. 1602 Contention Liberalitie & Prodigalitie iv. ii. sig. D3v Thornes, thistles, and nettles most horrible stingers, Rauens, grypes, and gryphons, oh vengible wringers. 1616 T. Scot Philomythie To Rdr. sig. ¶¶3v He longs for hony, That mongst the angry Waspes thrusts his bold fingers, And from their neasts in Summer, hunts those stingers. 1862 T. W. Harris Treat. Insects Injurious to Vegetation (ed. 3) 512 The insects of this order [Hymenoptera] may be divided into two groups, Stingers and Piercers. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 293 The Girardinia Leschenaultii, or Nilgiri nettle, a most virulent stinger. 3. Something that stings or smarts; e.g. a sharp blow, or the hand that delivers it; something that causes sharp distress, a pungent speech or crushing argument; a sharp frost. Now colloquial. Also Australian, an exceptionally hot or cold period of time. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [noun] roodOE thornc1230 prickc1384 rack?a1425 travailerc1450 goading1548 twinge1548 goad1553 tormentor1553 cut1568 stingera1577 butcher1579 torture1612 bosom-devil1651 wound1844 knife-edge1876 nemesis1933 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > a sharp or smart blow dab1300 rapc1330 thresta1400 bruntc1400 knap14.. yedderc1440 gird1487 yert1509 fillip1543 yark1555 flewet1570 stingera1577 flirt1577 wherret1577 riprapc1580 spang1595 nick1651 lick1680 flip1692 yowf1711 clink1722 wherrya1726 click1773 whither1791 swata1800 yank1818 snock1825 clip1830 snop1849 clinkera1863 siserary1893 blip1894 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [noun] > freezing or frosty weather > a period of stinger1852 storm1880 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > period of extreme weather stinger1899 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun] > instance of invective or abuse reproach1485 yarking1565 revilement1577 skinning1852 stinger1900 stinker1912 a1577 G. Gascoigne Grief of Joye iv. xxiii, in Compl. Wks. (1910) II. 552 But that so sweete a synger, Shoulde dye so sone: that sorrowe seemde a stynger. 1623 J. Webster Deuils Law-case iv. ii. I 2 b San. That's a stinger, tis a good wench, be not daunted. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang Stinger, a sharp and rapid hit. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour xii. lxviii. 382 My eyes, but we're in for a stinger! 1855 R. Browning Fra Lippo Lippi in Men & Women I. 39 Old Aunt Lapaccia trussed me with one hand, (Its fellow was a stinger as I knew). 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. vi. 97 At nine o'clock..the gun fires... And when you hear him go, I think you'll say he's a Stinger. 1899 ‘S. Rudd’ in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 103 My! it'll be a stinger to-night. 1900 A. Upward Ebenezer Lobb 46 I wrote him back a stinger which he will not soon forget. 1904 H. G. Wells Food of Gods ii. i. 166 One [button] hit me a regular stinger just 'ere, mum. 1942 E. Langley Pea Pickers xiv. 220 The next day was a stinger... It dawned sultry red. 4. A long structure attached to the stern of a pipe-laying barge which supports the pipe as it enters the water and prevents it from buckling. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > support at stern of pipe-laying barge stinger1958 1958 Offshore Drilling Oct. 11/2 The ‘stinger’ is final cradle [sic], submerged 85 feet off the stern of the lay barge, which holds the pipe to a 2500 ft. radius to prevent any undue strain during the process of lowering it into the underwater trench. 1966 M. J. Lamb in Exploiting the Ocean (Marine Technol. Soc.) 296 A ‘stinger’ is used in deep water to limit the sag in the pipe. 1969 Preprints 1st Ann. Offshore Technol. Conf. 2 38/1 As the lay barge proceeds into deep water the articulated stinger curves downward and the suspended pipe span acquires a distinct S-shaped curve. The upper part of this curve, called the over-bend, is supported by the stinger. 1976 Offshore Platforms & Pipelining 6/3 Key changes include..the addition of 160-ft truss-type stinger in place of the usual pontoon stinger. Draft additions 1993 b. U.S. = sting n.2 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > stinging organ tanga1350 sting1398 stingle1398 spear1608 stinger1926 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. 1926 J. K. Strecker in J. F. Dobie Rainbow in Morning (1965) 77 In an article referred to above, I mention the stinging snake and its so-called stinger. 1957 J. Kerouac On the Road iv. iv. 268 Suddenly a bug flew into his arm and embedded a long stinger in it that made him howl. 1972 Sci. Amer. Apr. 93/2 Even in the winter bees too cold to fly can protrude their stingers; a mass of cold clustered bees with protruded stingers reminds one of a porcupine. Draft additions 1993 5. Military. With capital initial. The name of a type of lightweight, shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missile with infrared homing, manufactured in the U.S. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > [noun] > types of loon1947 seeker1949 Honest John1952 Nike1952 heat-seeker1956 anti-ballistic missile1957 Polaris1957 Pershing1958 SAM1958 cruise missile1959 sea-cat1959 minuteman1961 ABM1963 lance1964 Exocet1970 trident1972 MX missile1973 stinger1975 cruise1976 tomahawk1976 silo buster1977 Euromissile1979 Brilliant Pebbles1988 1975 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 17 Mar. 42/2 The Stinger missile system has experienced problems in technical development that have caused the program to be extended about 14 months in development. 1982 Daily Tel. 5 Aug. 5/1 Mr Pattie refers to adverse Press comment comparing the performance of Blowpipe unfavourably with the American heat-seeking missile, Stinger. 1987 tr. M. Gorbachev Perestroika ii. v. 177 The transfer of the Stingers to the counter-revolutionary bands..is simply immoral and totally unjustifiable. 1990 Combat & Survival July 19/3 The Stinger missile is a battle-proven way to take out helicopters, which is more than can be said of British shoulder-launched systems. Draft additions September 2003 Frequently with capital initial. Also Stinger Spike System. A device used by police officers consisting of an extendable spiked metal strip which may be placed across a road in order to stop a vehicle by puncturing its tyres.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom; Stinger Spike System is a proprietary name in the United States. ΚΠ 1991 New Scientist 24 Aug. 23/2 Donald Kilgrow first began working on his Stinger Spike System after participating in a chase that the police ended by erecting a roadblock... The spikes..‘are stainless steel, and they will punch right through a steel-belted radial tyre and deflate it..in about 20 seconds’. 1996 Times 30 Jan. 6/8 A police car chasing five masked men in a stolen vehicle..fell foul of a Stinger, a chain of spikes thrown down by other officers and intended for their quarry. 2003 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 4 May 13 A stolen Toyota Tarago led police in a 40-minute chase along the Bruce Highway. The pursuit ended at Burpengary when police placed ‘stingers’—or road spikes—on the Burpengary weighbridge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). stingern.2 Scottish and dialect. A thatcher; a thatching-tool. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > roofer > thatcher theeker14.. thacker1420 thacksterc1440 thatcherc1450 thatchester1583 stinger1808 society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > [noun] > thatching equipment > other thatching equipment eaves-knifea1642 knape1764 groom1790 sting1802 stinger1854 thatching-beetle1874 spartle1894 spud1939 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Stinger, a mender of thatched roofs; so called, because he uses a sting or short pointed stick in doing his work. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 296 Stincher or Stinger, a tool, described under its synonyme Battledore. Used by thatchers when repairing a roof, but not..when a whole building is newly thatched. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). stingern.3 = stengah n. Also: used as the name of various other mixed drinks or cocktails (see quots. 1973, 1976). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > other cocktails balderdash1611 twist1699 Coke-upon-Littleton1740 julep1787 camphor julep1788 switchel1790 sling1792 mint sling1804 mint julep1809 swizzle1813 smash1850 rattlesnake1862 sour1862 Collins1865 John Collins1865 split1882 rickey1893 Picon punch1900 stinger1901 Bronx1906 Jack Rose1912 Pimm's1912 orange blossom1919 Americano1928 Merry Widow1930 snowball1930 atomic cocktail1941 Sazarac cocktail1941 grasshopper1949 Bellini1955 saketini1959 wallbanger1970 caipirinha1973 Long Island ice tea1978 Alabama slammer1980 Long Island iced tea1981 1901 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 106 Two ‘stingers’ were brought... A ‘stinger’..is a noggin of Scotch whiskey, enlivened by much or little, according to individual taste, of the local buzz-water. 1903 W. Del Mar Around World through Japan vii. 64 A ‘peg’ of whiskey and tonic-water, followed by a stengah (the Malay word for half, usually pronounced stinger) or split drink. 1916 H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap ix. 376 I found 'em in the palm grill, or whatever it's called, drinking stingers. 1928 C. Mackenzie Extraordinary Women x. 176 Two rounds of stingers brought the evening to a close. 1942 D. Powell Time to be Born (1943) x. 242 Have another daiquiri... Or change to a stinger. 1961 I. Fleming Thunderball xv. 156 After they had had coffee and a stinger at the bar they separated and went to the [gaming] tables. 1973 Sat. Rev. Society (U.S.) May 45/1 B & B Stinger. 3 parts B & B Liqueur, 1 part White Creme de Menthe. 1976 Scotsman 24 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 3/7 A Stinger..is a better drink, being creme de menthe well laced with brandy, and stronger. 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