| 释义 |
sting1/sting/ verb (past tense and past part. stung /stung/)verb trans said esp of a plant or insect: to give a painful or poisonous wound to (a person or animal) said of rain, wind, etc: to inflict pain on (somebody) as though by whipping or lashing to cause a pang of bitterness or pain in (somebody) was stung with remorse (usu + into) to goad (somebody) into doing or feeling something informal to overcharge or cheat (somebody) to cause or suffer from a sting stinger noun stingingly adv [Old English stingan]
sting2nouna sharp organ, typically in certain plants, insects, or fish, that can wound by piercing and injecting a poisonous secretion the act or an instance of stinging; the thrust of a sting into the flesh a wound or pain caused by stinging pain inflicted as if by stinging the sting of the whip the sting of the wind and rain a pang of emotional or mental pain, or the act or an instance of inflicting it She could still feel the sting of his remark informal an elaborate deception mounted by law-enforcement officers to trap criminals a sting in the tail a telling and unexpected climax to a story, etc stingless adj [Old English sting] |