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  • 英汉词典释义
  • 英英词典释义
  • 行业词典释义
例句
同义词
词组
  • sting in the tail
    an unexpected, typically unpleasant or problematic end to something (尤指令人不快的)意外结局
英语六级真题
    Sting in the tail Ashby Plant is one of a number of psychologists who seized on Obama's candidacy to test hypotheses about the power of role models
    出自-2010年6月阅读原文
    Perhaps surprisingly, it is not all good news: there is a sting in the tail of the Obama effect
    出自-2010年6月阅读原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • VERB
    刺;叮;蜇
    If a plant, animal, or insect stings you, a sharp part of it, usually covered with poison, is pushed into your skin so that you feel a sharp pain.
    例句
    The nettles stung their legs... 荨麻扎了他们的腿。 I jumped as if I had been stung by a scorpion... 我像被蝎子蜇了似的跳了起来。
  • N-COUNT
    (昆虫、动物的)螫刺,螫针,刺
    The sting of an insect or animal is the part that stings you.
    例句
    Remove the bee sting with tweezers. 用镊子拔掉蜜蜂的螫刺。
  • N-COUNT
    刺伤;叮伤;蜇痛
    If you feel a sting, you feel a sharp pain in your skin or other part of your body.
    例句
    This won't hurt — you will just feel a little sting. 这不痛——你只会感觉到像被轻轻叮了一下。
  • V-ERG
    (使)感到刺痛;(使)感到灼痛
    If a part of your body stings, or if a substance stings it, you feel a sharp pain there.
    例句
    His cheeks were stinging from the icy wind... 刺骨的寒风吹得他脸颊生疼。 Never put any essential oils near the eyes. They are very strong and could sting... 千万不要将任何精油抹到眼睛周围。它们有很强的刺激性,可能会使眼睛产生刺痛感。
  • VERB
    (言谈)刺痛,刺伤,惹恼
    If someone's remarks sting you, they make you feel hurt and annoyed.
    例句
    He's a sensitive lad and some of the criticism has stung him... 他是个敏感的小伙子,有些批评刺痛了他。 She burst into tears, stung by the harshness of his words. 他那番严厉无情的话让她伤心得大哭起来。
  • N-COUNT
    (警方为抓捕罪犯精心设计的)圈套
    A sting is a clever secret plan carried out by the police in order to catch criminals.
    例句
    The police ran a sting operation to crack down on illegal guns. 警方展开诱捕行动以严打非法枪支。 ...a sting set by the FBI. 美国联邦调查局设下的圈套
  • PHRASE
    煞风景的结局;令人不愉快的结尾
    If an announcement or decision has a sting in the tail or a sting in its tail, it contains a critical and unpleasant part, normally at the end.
  • PHRASE
    减少麻烦;减轻不愉快
    If something takes the sting out of a situation, it makes it less unpleasant.
英汉词典释义
  • vt. & vi.
    (昆虫或植物)叮,螫伤; 刺伤
    Most flies do not sting. 大多数苍蝇不叮人。 A hornet stung me on the cheek. 一只大黄蜂叮了我的脸颊。
  • vi.
    (使)感觉刺痛,感觉灼痛
    My tooth stings. 我牙痛得厉害。
  • n.
    (某些昆虫的)毒刺, 螫针,;(植物的)刺,刺毛
    Does a bee die when it loses its sting? 蜜蜂失去蛰针会死吗?
    螫伤处; 蜇伤处,刺伤;蜇伤;叮伤
    Rub ointment onto the wasp sting. 在黄蜂刺伤处涂些药膏。
英英词典释义
  • Noun
    1. a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung;
    "the sting of death""he felt the stinging of nettles"
    2. a mental pain or distress;
    "a pang of conscience"
    3. a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
    4. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  • Verb
    1. cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;
    "The sun burned his face"
    2. deliver a sting to;
    "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
    3. saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous;
    "They stuck me with the dinner bill""I was stung with a huge tax bill"
    4. cause a stinging pain;
    "The needle pricked his skin"
    5. cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging;
    "His remark stung her"
行业词典
  • 医学: 螫伤:植物或动物的毒液(生物毒素)进入体内或是接触这种毒物引起的伤害;也包括动、植物引进毒物到体内的器官造成的机械性损伤;螫针,刺毛:造成螫伤的动、植物器官;
    药学: 螫伤;