-
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...
蕁麻扎了他們的腿。
I jumped as if I had been stung by a scorpion...
我像被蝎子蜇了似的跳了起來。
-
N-COUNT
(昆蟲、動物的)螫刺，螫針，刺
The sting of an insect or animal is the part that stings you.
例句
Remove the bee sting with tweezers.
用鑷子拔掉蜜蜂的螫刺。
-
N-COUNT
刺傷;叮傷;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.
這不痛——你只會感覺到像被輕輕叮了一下。
-
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...
刺骨的寒風吹得他臉頰生疼。
Never put any essential oils near the eyes. They are very strong and could sting...
千萬不要將任何精油抹到眼睛周圍。它們有很強的刺激性，可能會使眼睛產生刺痛感。
-
VERB
(言談)刺痛，刺傷，惹惱
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...
他是個敏感的小伙子，有些批評刺痛了他。
She burst into tears, stung by the harshness of his words.
他那番嚴厲無情的話讓她傷心得大哭起來。
-
N-COUNT
(警方為抓捕罪犯精心設計的)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.
警方展開誘捕行動以嚴打非法槍支。
...a sting set by the FBI.
美國聯邦調查局設下的圈套
-
PHRASE
煞風景的結局;令人不愉快的結尾
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
減少麻煩;減輕不愉快
If something takes the sting out of a situation, it makes it less unpleasant.