stinging

英 [ˈstɪŋɪŋ]

美 [ˈstɪŋɪŋ]

v.  刺; 蜇; 叮; (使)感觉刺痛，感觉灼痛; 激怒; 使不安
sting的现在分词

现在分词：stinging　

BNC.12211 / COCA.12086

柯林斯词典

• VERB 刺;叮;蜇
  If a plant, animal, or insectstingsyou, a sharp part of it, usually covered with poison, is pushed into your skin so that you feel a sharp pain.
  1. The nettles stung their legs...
     荨麻扎了他们的腿。
  2. I jumped as if I had been stung by a scorpion...
     我像被蝎子蜇了似的跳了起来。
  3. This type of bee rarely stings.
     这种蜜蜂很少蜇人。
• N-COUNT (昆虫、动物的)螫刺，螫针，刺
  Thestingof an insect or animal is the part that stings you.
  1. 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 asting, you feel a sharp pain in your skin or other part of your body.
  1. 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 bodystings, or if a substancestingsit, you feel a sharp pain there.
  1. His cheeks were stinging from the icy wind...
     刺骨的寒风吹得他脸颊生疼。
  2. 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。
  3. Sprays can sting sensitive skin.
     这些喷剂会使敏感肌肤感到刺痛。
• VERB (言谈)刺痛，刺伤，惹恼
  If someone's remarksstingyou, they make you feel hurt and annoyed.
  1. 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。
  2. 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
  Astingis a clever secret plan carried out by the police in order to catch criminals.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a sting set by the FBI.
     美国联邦调查局设下的圈套
• 煞风景的结局;令人不愉快的结尾
  If an announcement or decision hasa sting in the tailora sting in its tail, it contains a critical and unpleasant part, normally at the end.
• 减少麻烦;减轻不愉快
  If somethingtakes the sting outof a situation, it makes it less unpleasant.

英英释义

noun

• a kind of pain
  1. the sting of death
  2. he felt the stinging of nettles
  Synonym:sting

adj

• (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
  1. cutting remarks
  2. edged satire
  3. a stinging comment
  Synonym:cuttingedged

双语例句

• For the first time in my life a feeling of overpowering stinging melancholy seized me.
  有生以来第一次，一种强烈的、痛心的忧郁之感抓住了我的心。
• 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。
• A stinging or smarting sensation.
  刺痛感剧烈刺痛的感觉。
• Insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing.
  有两对膜状翅膀和一个专用于刺或叮的产卵器的昆虫。
• The stinging slap almost caught his face
  那狠狠的一巴掌差点搧在他脸上。
• My eyes are stinging from the smoke.
  我的眼睛被烟熏痛。
• Kunta's eyes, making him blink to stop the stinging.
  汗珠已流进了昆塔的眼睛，使他不禁要眨一下眼以免刺痛。
• Genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs.
  美洲西部的一个具刚毛的草本或亚灌木属，缺乏刺一样的绒毛。
• Large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing; the larvae have stinging spines.
  黄色的美洲大蚕蛾，每只后翅上有象大眼睛一样的斑点；幼虫有刺样的脊骨。
• But now those howls have turned into a stinging civil lawsuit.
  但如今，这些不满已演变成了一项巨额民事诉讼。