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.