| 单词 | nettle |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['netl] |
| 解释 | n.荨痲;v.烦忧,激恼 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 烦忧,激恼(to irritate, provoke) 【记】 分割记忆:net (网)+tle 【例】 be nettled by sb's refusal to help |
| 字源 | nettle (n.) stinging plant, Old English netele, from Proto-Germanic *natilon (cognates: Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele, Dutch netel, German Nessel, M.Da. nædlæ "nettle"), diminutive of *naton, perhaps from PIE root *ned- "to twist, knot" (see net (n.)). "[N]ettles or plants of closely related genera such as hemp were used as a source of fiber" [Watkins]. nettle (v.) c.1400, "to beat with nettles," from nettle (n.). Figurative sense of "irritate, provoke" is from 1560s. Related: Nettled; nettling. Nettled. Teized, provoked, out of temper. He or she has pissed on a nettle; said of one who is pevish or out of temper. [Grose, "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1785] |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 荨痲(接触其植物刺毛会引起皮肤过敏); v 烦忧, 激恼 = vex 【记】net网, tle读: 头-头被网住了-激怒 【反】conciliate(v 安慰); mollify(v 平息) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】net + 音:投,投网,自投罗网,在荨痲网里挣扎出不来很气恼;net + 音:头,头陷入网中 |
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