Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense stings, present participle stinging, past tense, past participle stung
1VERB 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. 刺;叮;蜇
The nettles stung their legs. [VERB noun]
荨麻扎了他们的腿。
I jumped as if I had been stung by a scorpion. [VERB noun]
7PHRASE [usually PHRASE after verb]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. 煞风景的结局;令人不愉快的结尾
8PHRASE [VERB inflects]减少麻烦;减轻不愉快 If something takes the sting out of a situation, it makes it less unpleasant. 减少麻烦;减轻不愉快
1of an insect, etc.昆蟲等的叮刺ADJECTIVE | VERB + STINGADJECTIVE➤nasty, painful, sharp嚴重的/引起疼痛的/引起劇痛的螫傷▸➤bee, scorpion, wasp, etc.蜜蜂、蠍子、黃蜂等的螫傷▸➤nettle蕁麻的刺傷▸➤deadly, fatal致命的螫針/螫傷VERB + STING➤have有螫針◇The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蠍子的螫針可以致命。➤get被蟄傷◇You can get a nasty sting from a jellyfish.你可能會被水母狠狠地蟄一下。➤give sb蟄某人一下▸➤feel感覺被蟄➤remove拔出螫針➤be allergic to對螫傷過敏◇She's allergic to bee stings.她對蜜蜂螫傷過敏。sting
noun²
2sharp pain劇痛ADJECTIVE | VERB + STINGADJECTIVE➤hot, sharp火辣辣的/劇烈的刺痛◇the hot sting of tears淚水引起的火辣辣的刺痛VERB + STING➤feel感覺刺痛◇He felt the sharp sting of the soap in his eyes.他感到了肥皂對眼睛的劇烈刺痛。sting
noun³
3 (especially NAmE) plan by police to catch criminals(警方為抓罪犯而設的)圈套ADJECTIVE | VERB + STING | STING + NOUNADJECTIVE➤undercover秘密的圈套➤FBI, police聯邦調查局的/警方的圈套➤drug為緝拿毒販而設的圈套VERB + STING➤mount, set up部署/安排圈套➤be arrested in, be caught by, be caught in被誘捕;中了圈套被抓◇She was arrested in an undercover sting operation.她被秘密誘捕。STING + NOUN➤operation誘捕行動