nettle

英 [ˈnetl]

美 [ˈnetl]

n. 荨麻
v. 使烦恼; 使生气

复数：nettles　过去式：nettled　过去分词：nettled　现在分词：nettling　第三人称单数：nettles　

Collins.1 / BNC.11428 / COCA.17834

习惯用语

grasp the nettle

noun

荨麻
a wild plant with leaves that have pointed edges, are covered in fine hairs and sting if you touch them

verb

使烦恼；使生气
to make sb slightly angry
1. My remarks clearly nettled her.
  我的话显然惹恼了她。

N-COUNT 荨麻
Nettlesare wild plants which have leaves covered with fine hairs that sting you when you touch them.
1. The nettles stung their legs.
  荨麻扎了他们的腿。
2. ...numerous clumps of stinging nettles dotted across the meadow.
  数不清的一簇簇扎人的荨麻遍布整片草地。
VERB 惹恼;冒犯
If youare nettledby something, you are annoyed or offended by it.
1. He was nettled by her manner...
  她的举止惹恼了他。
2. It was the suggestion that he might alter course to win an election that really nettled him.
  是那条让他改变策略以赢得选举的建议惹恼了他。
PHRASE 迎难而上;知难而进;大胆抓棘手问题
If yougrasp the nettle, you deal with a problem, or do something that is unpleasant, quickly and in a determined way.
1. Some industrialists believe the government should grasp the nettle of devaluation before the referendum takes place.
  一些实业家认为政府应该在全民公决前果断出手解决棘手的货币贬值问题。

noun

any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

verb

cause annoyance in
1. Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
2. It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
Synonym:annoyragget tobotherget atirritaterilenarkgravelvexchafedevil
sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
Synonym:urticate

I think we've got to grasp this nettle and find a solution.
我认为我们必须迅速处理这个问题并找出解决的方法。
A Study on Breeding of Griseofulvin Producing Strain ( Penicillium Urticae Bainier) by Genome Shuffling; nettle rash
利用基因组改组技术对灰黄霉素产生菌&荨麻青霉进行改良的研究
But somebody had to walk through the nettle patch.
可是必须有人穿越那荆棘的小道。
Perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs.
北美洲归化的多年生欧亚荨麻，叶子宽阔质地粗糙有齿，叶子上还有浓密的刺毛。
Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you.
困难像弹簧，你硬它就软。
He was nettled by her manner
她的举止惹恼了他。
And what is required for the nettle?
并且荨麻需要什么呢？
We've got to grasp the nettle of prison reform.
我们得抓一抓监狱改革这个棘手的问题。
When the nettle is young, the leaf makes an excellent vegetable;
荨麻在嫩时，叶子是一种非常好吃的蔬菜。
An unworthy thought can no more germinate in it, than a nettle on a glacier.
邪恶的思想已不能再在这心里滋长，正如荨麻不能生在冰山上。