sting

英 [stɪŋ] 美 [stɪŋ]

• vt. 刺痛；使苦恼；欺诈
• vi. 叮；刺痛
• n. 刺；刺痛；讽刺

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 刺，螫，叮

   touch your skin or make a very small hole in it so that you feel a sharp pain

2. vt. 激怒

   anger

3. vt. & vi. 剧痛

   feel sharp pain

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 刺，螫，叮
2. 刺伤，刺痛
3. 讽刺，挖苦
4. 刺激性
5. 刺激
6. 苦痛
7. 【动】针，螫针
8. 【植】刺毛
9. 【空】支架
10. 探臂支杆
11. 皮夹子，钱袋
12. 赃物，抢劫物

v. 动词

1. 刺，叮，螫
2. 驱使，刺激使做，激励
3. 刺疼，刺痛
4. 使疼痛，使觉得痛，使产生疼痛，伤害
5. 使苦闷，使苦恼
6. <口>敲...的竹杠，敲诈，欺诈，骗，诳骗
7. 被刺痛，感觉刺痛，感到灼痛
8. 螫伤，刺伤
9. 激怒，使不安

英英释义

Noun:

1. a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung;

   "the sting of death"
   "he felt the stinging of nettles"
   

2. a mental pain or distress;

   "a pang of conscience"
   

3. a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

4. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Verb:

1. cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;

   "The sun burned his face"
   

2. deliver a sting to;

   "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
   

3. saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous;

   "They stuck me with the dinner bill"
   "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
   

4. cause a stinging pain;

   "The needle pricked his skin"
   

5. cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging;

   "His remark stung her"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Her ingratitude stung him.
   她的忘恩负义使他痛心。
2. The smoke began to sting his eyes.
   烟开始刺痛他的眼睛。
3. Those harsh words stung me bitterly.
   那些严厉的言辞使我感到非常痛苦
4. They used to sting their clients.
   他们过去常诈骗客户。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. It is the nature of the scorpion to sting .
   蝎子生下来就会蛰人。
2. His knee stung from the graze.
   他的膝盖擦伤后十分疼痛。

用作名词 (n.)

1. A bee pricks the skin with its sting.
   蜜蜂用螫针刺皮肤。
2. Put mud on the sting to take away the pain.
   放泥在刺痛处可以减轻疼痛。
3. His flattery carries a sting.
   他的奉承话中带刺。
4. The bitterness was from old habit, and had no sting in it.
   这痛苦他已经习惯了，没有讽刺意味了。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Most flies do not sting.
   大多数苍蝇不叮人。
2. Not all nettles sting.
   不是所有荨麻都会刺人。
3. My tooth stings.
   我牙痛得厉害。
4. His remarks stung.
   他的话刺人。
5. The memory of that insult still stings.
   那次侮辱仍刺痛着记忆。
6. My face is stinging because of the very cold wind.
   由于风很冷,我的脸有刺痛的感觉。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The bee stung him on the neck.
   蜜蜂螫了他的脖子。
2. Pepper stings the tongue.
   胡椒刺激舌头。
3. The heavy smoke is stinging my eyes.
   浓烟使我的眼睛感到刺痛。
4. His conscience stings him.
   他的良心刺痛了他。
5. Her ingratitude stung him.
   她的忘恩负义使他痛心。
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6. He was stung by a wasp.
   他被黄蜂螫了一下。
7. He was stung by her harsh criticism.
   她的严厉的批评使他感到难受。

经典引文

• Their softest touch as smart as lizards' stings.

  出自：2 Henry VI , Shakespeare

• The pang of a nice deep wasp sting.

  出自： J. Ruskin

• Mary..was stung by a wasp.

  出自： A. S. Neill

• When the bee stings it injects a protein.

  出自： T. Hooper

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

sting for (v.+prep.)

为…敲竹杠; 为…向(某人)要高价 charge sb too much as the price of (goods)
sting sb for sth
How much did they sting you for that pair of boots?

这双靴子他们敲了你多少钱?
They stung him for 1000 dollars.

他们向他索要1000美元的高价。
He was stung for ten dollars.

他被骗去10美元。

sting from (v.+prep.)

因…感到疼痛 feel sharp pain because of sth
sting from sth
My eyes are stinging from the smoke.

我的双眼被烟熏得疼痛。
His face was still stinging from blow.

挨了耳光后,他的脸还在痛。
His knees stung from the graze.

他的膝盖擦伤后感到疼痛。

sting to〔into〕 (v.+prep.)

促使、刺激或驱使(某人)采取行动〔进行活动〕 urge, annoy, or drive (sb) into (an action or doing sth)
sting sb to〔into〕 sth/v-ing
The insulting remarks stung him to a rage.

这些侮辱性的话惹得他大怒起来。
Anger stung him into fighting.

愤怒使他跟人打了起来。

sting with (v.+prep.)

因…感到疼痛 feel sharp pain because of sth
sting with sth
His ears and fingers stung with cold.

他的耳朵和手指头冻得发痛。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• sting the eye 刺眼

～+副词

• sting sharply 非常痛苦

～+介词

• sting by ridicule 因受嘲笑而感痛苦
• sting sb for 1000 yuan 骗去某人1000元
• sting from the caning 受鞭笞的剧痛
• sting in the finger 手指被刺
• sting sb into〔to〕 action 激起某人的行动
• sting sb into doing sth 刺激某人做某事
• sting on the finger 被螫了手指
• sting sb to fury 使某人大怒起来
• sting sb to the quick 刺痛某人的心
• sting sb to rage 激怒某人
• sting with desire 受欲望驱使

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. sting的基本意思是“螫; 刺; 刺痛”,指蜜蜂、马蜂或蝎等螫人。引申可作“激怒”“使感到难受或苦闷”解,指因受到别人的冷淡而懊恼或因受到良心谴责而感到坐立不安或悔恨。在口语中, sting也可表示“骗,敲…的竹杠”。
2. sting可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
3. sting后接介词for表示“为…敲竹杠”或“为…向(某人)要高价”; 后接介词into表示“激励某人去做某事”。
4. sting用作不及物动词时后接介词from或with表示“因…而感到疼痛”。
5. sting的过去式和过去分词均为stung。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的stingan，意为戳、刺。

近反义词

【近义词】

• pierce
• prick
• stab

【反义词】

• caress