动 stab，prick，irritate，stimulate；名 thorn，splinter，[书]visiting card；

[例句] 如他所愿，这句带刺的话刺痛了她。 The barb stung her exactly the way he hoped it would.

[例句] 荧光灯闪了几下，接着屋子里豁然大亮，刺得人睁不开眼。 Fluorescent lights flickered, and then the room was brilliantly, blindingly bright.

stimulate，excite，provoke，irritate，activate；

[例句] 脱咖啡因的咖啡仍含一些刺激物和其他可能致癌的有害物质。 Decaffeinated coffee still contains some stimulants and other nasties linked with cancer.

[例句] 不管怎么说，追求的过程总比得手更为刺激。 The chase is always much more exciting than the conquest anyway.

embroid，embroidery，brede，broider，embroider ；

[例句] 玛蒂尔达在一块有花鸟图案的祭坛布上刺绣。 Matilda was embroidering an altar cloth covered with flowers and birds.

[例句] 你可以用刺绣来作进一步的装饰。 You can use embroidery stitches for further decoration.

satire，sarcasm，satirize，mordacity；

[例句] 它用讽刺的语言呈现了天主教作家郑重其事表明的观点。 It presented in satirical terms points made in earnest by Catholic writers.

[例句] 他常常讽刺或挖苦人，有时又会大发雷霆。 He was often caustic and mocking, or flew into rages.

[植] bur，burr ；

[例句] 他摘下粘在外衣上的刺果. He picked off the burs that had stuck to his overcoat.

[例句] 他喜欢玩泥巴, 玩刺果植物, 还喜欢闻干燥的粪便. He attracts mud, burrs, and dingleberries.

[体] spurt，sprint，dash，tilt ；

[例句] 他们拼命冲刺，越过终点线。 They hurtled across the line in a flat-out sprint.

[例句] 这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺. The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.

assassinate ；

[例句] 情报部门发现了行刺总统的阴谋. The Secret Service smelled out a plot to assassinate the President.

[例句] 那个行刺者被认为是个极端主义分子. The assassin was adjudged an extremist.

stabbing pain，pricking，prickling，bite，hurt ；

[例句] 如他所愿，这句带刺的话刺痛了她。 The barb stung her exactly the way he hoped it would.

[例句] 他是个敏感的小伙子，有些批评刺痛了他。 He's a sensitive lad and some of the criticism has stung him.

Erythrina indica，wiliwill （根及树皮可供药用） ；

[例句] 这是我们泉州的市花, 叫做刺桐. This is the city flower of Quanzhou, my hometown.

thorniness，prickliness ；

[例句] 远离多刺仙人掌。 Stay away from a spiny cactus.

[例句] 她有生以来还从未看到过这样令人望而生畏的多刺篱笆. Never had she seen such a fierce, prickly hedge in her life.

grating on the ear，irritating [unpleasant] to the ear，jarring，ear-piercing，harshness ；

[例句] 外面车行道上传来刺耳的刹车声。 There was a scream of brakes from the carriageway outside.

[例句] 为避免相撞而刹车时，他听到了轮胎与地面刺耳的摩擦声。 He heard tires squeal as the car braked to avoid a collision.

（探听； 侦察） make roundabout or secret inquiries，pry，detect，spy，poke ；

[例句] 媒体把我们所有人都变成了无情刺探他人隐私的人。 The media has made unfeeling voyeurs of all of us.

[例句] 艾美达可能认为她在刺探别人的隐私。 Imelda might think she was prying.

fishbone ；

[例句] 尽管叫鱼贩子把比目鱼的鱼刺剔掉。 Don't be afraid to ask your fishmonger to fillet flat fish.

[例句] 她拚命想把鱼刺吐出来. She was trying hard to disgorge a fish bone.

acne，carbuncle，black head，comedo ；

[例句] 千万不要挤黑头、小肿块或粉刺。 Never squeeze blackheads, spots or pimples.

[例句] 灰尘堵塞毛孔，从而生出粉刺。 Dirt clogs the pores, causing spots.

assassinate，[军]bayonet charge，put-out ；

[例句] 他们因参与这起刺杀已经开始在监狱服刑了。 They are already serving prison sentences for their part in the assassination.

[例句] 投手把他刺杀出局. The pitcher tagged him out.

[旧] assassin，assassinator，cut-throat，stabber，thug；

[例句] 他宣称他们已雇了刺客来除掉他。 He alleged that they had hired an assassin to dispose of him.

[例句] 他目睹了枪击过程并记住了刺客的车牌号码。 He saw the shooting and memorised the number of the assassin's car.

piercing to the bone，cut to the bone，piercing，biting，nip ；

[例句] 周四，南极气流给智利南部带来了刺骨的严寒。 Antarctic air brought biting cold to southern Chile on Thursday.

[例句] 外面，刺骨的东风伴着阵阵小雪。 Outside, a bitter east wind was accompanied by flurries of snow.

（哺乳纲动物） Rrinaceus earopaeus，hedgehog，hedgepig，urchin ；

[例句] 刺猬一受到攻击就蜷缩成一团. A hedgehog rolls itself into a ball when attacked.

[例句] 刺猬把身子蜷缩成一团. The hedgehog rolled itself up.

Juniperus formosana，Chinese juniper，Taiwan juniper （亦称“山刺柏”） ；

[例句] 只见亮闪闪的蓝色羽毛一闪，一只松鸦从刺柏丛中钻了出来。 A jay emerged from the juniper bush in a flash of blue feathers.

[例句] 针叶类树包括松树 、 杉树 、 云杉 、 红木 、 刺柏, 等等. Conifer tree style such as pine, fir, spruce, redwood, juniper, etc.

bayonet，sword bayonet ；

[例句] 他在步枪口上安好了刺刀。 He fixed a bayonet to the end of his rifle.

[例句] 一名士兵将刺刀插进了他的身体。 A soldier plunged a bayonet into his body.