| 释义 |
sting1 /sting/ noun- In some plants and animals a weapon (hair, modified ovipositor, tooth, etc) that pierces and injects poison
- The act of inserting a sting
- The pain or the wound caused
- Any sharp, tingling, or irritating pain or its cause (also figurative)
- The point of an epigram
- The pain inflicted by wounding words, etc
- Stinging power
- Pungency
- A goad
- An incitement
- (a substantial sum of money gained through) a deception, theft, etc (slang)
- A trap for criminals set up by the police (slang)
transitive verb (pat and pap stung)- To pierce, wound, pain, or incite with or as if with a sting
- To goad or incite (with into)
- To rob, cheat, or involve in expense (slang)
intransitive verb- To have or use a power of stinging
- To have a stinging feeling
ORIGIN: OE sting puncture, stingan to pierce stinged adjective Having a sting stingˈer noun - Someone who or something that stings
- Anything stinging or pungent
- A device of raised spikes thrown across the road by police to bring a speeding driver, esp of a stolen vehicle, to a halt
- See also separate entry
stingˈing noun and adjective stingˈingly adverb stingˈless adjective stingˈy adjective (informal) stingˈbull or stingˈfish noun The weever stinging nettle noun A common plant of the genus Urtica, with stinging hairs stingˈray or (US and Aust) stingaree /stingˈgə-rē, -ə-rē or -rēˈ/ noun A ray (Trygon or related genus) with a formidable barbed dorsal spine on its tail sting in the tail An unlooked-for final unpleasantness or irony take the sting out of (informal) To soften the pain of (lit and figurative) |