stinging的意思和读音

stinging

: [ˈstɪŋɪŋ] : [ˈstɪŋɪŋ]

v.;(使

n.

adj.hurtful,cutting,harsh,hard,cruel

stingingv.

1.[t][i]~ (sb/sth)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.

Be careful of the nettles─they sting!

2.[i][t]使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.

My eyes were stinging from the smoke.

Tears stung her eyes.

3.[t]使to make sb feel angry or upset

He was stung by their criticism.使

They launched a stinging attack on the government.

Their cruel remarks stung her into action.使

He was stung into answering in his defence.

4.[t][oftpass](informal)~ sb (for sth)to charge sb more money than they expected; to charge sb who did not expect to pay

I got stung for a £100 meal. 100

n.

1.[c];(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

The scorpion has a sting in its tail.

2.[c]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.

3.[c][u]any sharp pain in your body or mind

the sting of salt in a wound

He smiled at her, trying to take the sting out of his words(= trying to make the situation less painful or difficult) .使

4.[c]a clever secret plan by the police to catch criminals

a sting operation to catch heroin dealers in Detroit

5.[c]a clever plan by criminals to cheat people out of a lot of money

IDMa sting in the tail(informal)an unpleasant feature that comes at the end of a story, an event, etc. and spoils it

adj.1.

v.1.sting

adj.1.very strong, or thorougstrong.making you feel sore or uncomfortable; hitting you hard

v.1.The present participle of sting

1. ) tingling ) stinging ) nettle ...

2. nettle stinging , munched , ...

3. ... burning pain lancinating;piercing;stinging;darting;stabbing splitting;racking ...

4. ) tingling ) stinging ) nettle ...

5. [ klicks: (] [ stinging: ] fast-movers: ] ...

6. addiction: stinging: resentment: ...

7. 6. phase n. 7. stinging a. 8. bullet ant n. ...

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1.Here the weather may be clear and sunny. But stinging eyes and dry coughs show that harmful chemicals fill the air.

2.Something in her little soul was old enough and woman enough to feel the irresistible, stinging joy of being needed.西使

3."AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! " Jack replied, looking down to see a bee busy stinging him on the little finger.:“!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

4.He looks at her for a long moment. Then he turns off the lamp and closes his stinging eyes to the dark.

5.So from the ancient bridge we viewed the train that hurried toward us along the other tract- kept moving, like the first, by stinging whips.

6.The stinging hairs, or suckers, of these brightly colored, fleshy caterpillars contain mildly venomous toxins used for defense purposes.

7.stems sparsely pubescent with a few stinging hairs at least when old.

8.The result is not just a grim image of China, but a stinging work of cultural self-criticism.

9.So it startled everyone when the IMF's chief economist came off the ropes to land some stinging criticisms of his own.

10.And when Marwood made the jump, he was covered with wasps stinging him in the face and eyes.