[VERB 动词]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.
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The nettles stung their legs...
荨麻扎了他们的腿。
I jumped as if I had been stung by a scorpion...
我像被蝎子蜇了似的跳了起来。
This type of bee rarely stings.
这种蜜蜂很少蜇人。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](昆虫、动物的)螫刺，螫针，刺 The sting of an insect or animal is the part that stings you.
Remove the bee sting with tweezers.
用镊子拔掉蜜蜂的螫刺。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]刺伤；叮伤；蜇痛 If you feel a sting, you feel a sharp pain in your skin or other part of your body.
[usu sing]
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。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](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.
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His cheeks were stinging from the icy wind...
刺骨的寒风吹得他脸颊生疼。
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。
Sprays can sting sensitive skin.
这些喷剂会使敏感肌肤感到刺痛。
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[VERB 动词](言谈)刺痛，刺伤，惹恼 If someone's remarks sting you, they make you feel hurt and annoyed.
[V n]
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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。
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。
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...a stinging attack on the government's economic policy.
对政府经济政策的犀利抨击
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](警方为抓捕罪犯精心设计的)圈套 A sting is a clever secret plan carried out by the police in order to catch criminals.
[oft N n]
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。
...a sting set by the FBI.
美国联邦调查局设下的圈套
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[PHRASE 短语]煞风景的结局；令人不愉快的结尾 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.
[usu PHR after v]
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[PHRASE 短语]减少麻烦；减轻不愉快 If something takes the sting out of a situation, it makes it less unpleasant.
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stingstingsstungstingingverb★(stung,stung/stʌŋ; NAmEstʌŋ/)1★[transitive , intransitive ]sting(sb/sth) (of an insect or plant 昆虫或植物)to touch your skin or make a very small hole in it so that you feel a sharp pain 刺；蜇；叮◆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★[intransitive , transitive ]to feel, or to make sb feel, a sharp pain in a part of their body （使）感觉刺痛，感觉灼痛◆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。stingsth ◆Tears stung her eyes.她流泪流得眼睛疼。☞synonyms at
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3[transitive ]to make sb feel angry or upset 激怒；使不安stingsb ◆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。stingsb to/into sth ◆Their cruel remarks stung her into action.他们伤人的话激怒了她，使她采取了行动。stingsb into doing sth ◆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[transitive , often passive ]stingsb (for sth) ( informal) to charge sb more money than they expected; to charge sb who did not expect to pay 对（某人）敲竹杠；敲诈；欺诈◆I got stung for a £100 meal.我捱宰了，一顿饭吃了 100 英镑。PHRASAL VERBˈsting sb for sth( BrE) ( informal) to borrow money from sb 向某人借钱noun★1★(NAmE alsosting·er)[countable ]the sharp pointed part of an insect or creature that can go into the skin leaving a small, painful and sometimes poisonous wound （昆虫的）螫针，刺；（植物的）刺，刺毛◆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★[countable ]a wound that is made when an insect, a creature or a plant stings you 刺伤；蜇伤；叮伤◆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★[countable , uncountable ]any sharp pain in your body or mind （身体或心灵的）剧痛，痛苦◆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 ofhis 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[countable ]a clever secret plan by the police to catch criminals （警察为抓捕罪犯而设的）圈套◆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[countable ]( especially NAmE) a clever plan by criminals to cheat people out of a lot of money （罪犯诈骗钱财的）骗局，诡计IDIOMa ˌsting in the ˈtail( informal) an unpleasant feature that comes at the end of a story, an event, etc. and spoils it 煞风景的结局sting/stɪŋ; NAmEstɪŋ/stung/stʌŋ; NAmEstʌŋ/
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stingsting1 /stɪŋ/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle stung /stʌŋ/)
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1[intransitive, transitive] if an insect or a plant stings you, it makes a very small hole in your skin and you feel a sharp pain because of a poisonous substance: He was stung by a bee. ► A bee, wasp, scorpion, or plant can sting you. For a mosquito or snake, use bite.► see thesaurus at
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2[intransitive, transitive] to make something hurt with a sudden sharp pain, or to hurt like this: Antiseptic stings a little. Chopping onions makes my eyes sting.► see thesaurus at
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3[intransitive, transitive] if you are stung by a remark, it makes you feel upset: Their criticism really stung.be stung into (doing) something Her harsh words stung him into action.GRAMMARSting is usually passive in this meaning, when used as a transitive verb.sting for phrasal verb British English informal1to charge someone too much for something: The garage stung him for £300.2to borrow money from someone: Can I sting you for a fiver?
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1wound [countable] a wound or mark made when an insect or plant stings you: a bee sting2insect [countable] British English the sharp needle-shaped part of an insect’s or animal’s body, with which it stings youSYN stinger American English3pain [singular] a sharp pain in your eyes or skin, caused by being hit, by smoke etc: She felt the sting of tears in her eyes.4a sting in the tail if a story, event, or announcement has a sting in its tail, there is an unpleasant part at the end of it5[singular] the upsetting or bad effect of a situation: the sting of rejectiontake the sting out of something (=make something less unpleasant or painful) She smiled to take the sting out of her words.6crime [countable] a clever way of catching criminals in which the police secretly pretend to be criminals themselves
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