1. | [t][i] ~ (sb/sth) 刺；蜇；叮to touch your skin or make a very small hole in it so that you feel a sharp pain |
I was stung on the arm by a wasp. 我的胳膊给黄蜂蜇了一下。 | |
Be careful of the nettles─they sting! 小心给荨麻扎着，荨麻有刺！ |
2. | [i][t] （使）感觉刺痛，感觉灼痛to feel, or to make sb feel, a sharp pain in a part of their body |
I put some antiseptic on the cut and it stung for a moment. 我在割破的地方抹了点抗菌剂，一时间十分刺痛。 | |
My eyes were stinging from the smoke. 烟熏得我眼睛疼。 | |
Tears stung her eyes. 她流泪流得眼睛疼。 |
3. | [t] 激怒；使不安to make sb feel angry or upset |
He was stung by their criticism. 他们的批评使他心烦意乱。 | |
They launched a stinging attack on the government. 他们对政府进行了猛烈的抨击。 | |
Their cruel remarks stung her into action. 他们伤人的话激怒了她，使她采取了行动。 | |
He was stung into answering in his defence. 他被激怒了，不得不作出回应为自己辩护。 |
4. | [t][oftpass] (informal) ~ sb (for sth) 对（某人）敲竹杠；敲诈；欺诈to charge sb more money than they expected; to charge sb who did not expect to pay |
I got stung for a £100 meal. 我挨宰了，一顿饭吃了 100 英镑。 |
1. | [c] （昆虫的）螫针，刺；（植物的）刺，刺毛the sharp pointed part of an insect or creature that can go into the skin leaving a small, painful and sometimes poisonous wound |
the sting of a bee 蜜蜂的螫针 | |
The scorpion has a sting in its tail. 蝎子尾巴上有螫针。 |
2. | [c] 刺伤；蜇伤；叮伤a wound that is made when an insect, a creature or a plant stings you |
A wasp or bee sting is painful but not necessarily serious. 被黄蜂或蜜蜂蜇一下疼是疼，但未必碍事。 |
3. | [c][u] （身体或心灵的）剧痛，痛苦any sharp pain in your body or mind |
the sting of salt in a wound 伤口上撒盐引起的剧痛 | |
He smiled at her, trying to take the sting out of his words(= trying to make the situation less painful or difficult) . 他冲她微微一笑，想使他的话不至于刺痛她。 |
4. | [c] （警察为抓捕罪犯而设的）圈套a clever secret plan by the police to catch criminals |
a sting operation to catch heroin dealers in Detroit 在底特律设圈套抓捕海洛因贩子的行动 |
5. | [c] （罪犯诈骗钱财的）骗局，诡计a clever plan by criminals to cheat people out of a lot of money |
