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

• His cheeks were stinging from the icy wind
  刺骨的寒风吹得他脸颊生疼。
• Again she charged me and I dodged, just missing the stinging swish of the wet towel.
  她又一次朝我猛冲过来，我一闪身，恰好躲过了抽来的湿毛巾。
• My eyes are stinging from the smoke.
  我的眼睛被烟熏痛。
• 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。
• My eyes were stinging with the salt in the water.
  我的眼睛由于水中的盐分而感到刺痛。
• 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。
• I remember the stinging things I said about them.
  我还记得我所说的那些有关他们的带刺的话。
• Now it's stinging in my lungs.
  现在它刺激了我的肺。
• There was something in her eyes, stinging, blurring her sight.
  她眼里有什么东西，刺痛，模糊了视线。
• But stinging eyes and dry coughs show that harmful chemicals fill the air.
  但是人们眼睛刺痛和干咳，说明空气里充满了有害的化学物质。