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

He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
轻握荨麻者最快被刺。
A boy playing in the fields got stung by a nettle, He ran home to his mother, telling her that he had but touched that nasty weed, and it had stung him.
一个男孩在野外玩耍，被荨麻刺了一下。他跑回家对母亲说，他不过碰了碰那棵讨厌的杂草，就被它刺痛了。
Annual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers.
一年生欧洲荨麻，有带刺的叶子和绿花组成的花串。
He that lick honey from a nettle, pay too dear for it.
荨麻剌上舔蜂蜜，得不偿失。
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。
You will always find some ( poison) on nettle wine's left side;
荨麻酒的左边一定有毒药。
He threw aside the speech long drafted on domestic questions and social service, and grasped the nettle.
他把早就拟好的国内问题和社会福利问题的讲稿抛到一边，勇敢地站起来与困难搏斗。
Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it.
谎言似荨麻，玩弄会刺手。
A boy was playing in the fields when he was stung by a nettle.
男孩和荨麻有个男孩子在地里玩耍，被荨麻刺痛了。
The nettles stung their legs.
荨麻扎了他们的腿。