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　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11428 / COCA.17834

习惯用语

n.

grasp the nettle
• 果断地处理棘手问题
  to deal with a difficult situation firmly and without hesitating

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯词典

• 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。

英英释义

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

双语例句

• He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
  轻握荨麻者最快被刺。
• 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。
• Girl, what have you been saying to the nettle.
  小丫头，你曾对荨麻说过什么？
• And what is required for the nettle?
  并且荨麻需要什么呢？
• The stinging nettle has a square stem and little hairs.
  荨麻长有四方茎和细小茸毛。
• 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。
• A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax.
  一种产出象亚麻一样的纤维的荨麻。
• 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。
• To sting with or as if with a nettle.
  刺用或好象用荨麻刺。