nettle

noun

1. 荨麻
   a wild plant with leaves that have pointed edges, are covered in fine hairs and sting if you touch them

verb

1. 使烦恼；使生气
   to make sb slightly angry
   1. My remarks clearly nettled her.
      我的话显然惹恼了她。

1. N-COUNT 荨麻
   Nettles are wild plants which have leaves covered with fine hairs that sting you when you touch them.
   1. The nettles stung their legs.
      荨麻扎了他们的腿。
   2. ...numerous clumps of stinging nettles dotted across the meadow.
      数不清的一簇簇扎人的荨麻遍布整片草地。
2. VERB 惹恼;冒犯
   If you are nettled by something, you are annoyed or offended by it.
   1. He was nettled by her manner...
      她的举止惹恼了他。
   2. It was the suggestion that he might alter course to win an election that really nettled him.
      是那条让他改变策略以赢得选举的建议惹恼了他。
3. PHRASE 迎难而上;知难而进;大胆抓棘手问题
   If you grasp the nettle, you deal with a problem, or do something that is unpleasant, quickly and in a determined way.
   1. Some industrialists believe the government should grasp the nettle of devaluation before the referendum takes place.
      一些实业家认为政府应该在全民公决前果断出手解决棘手的货币贬值问题。

1. The stinging nettle has a square stem and little hairs.
   荨麻长有四方茎和细小茸毛。
2. The nettles stung their legs.
   荨麻扎了他们的腿。
3. He was nettled by her manner
   她的举止惹恼了他。
4. It was the suggestion that he might alter course to win an election that really nettled him.
   是那条让他改变策略以赢得选举的建议惹恼了他。
5. Some industrialists believe the government should grasp the nettle of devaluation before the referendum takes place.
   一些实业家认为政府应该在全民公决前果断出手解决棘手的货币贬值问题。
6. They are all heroes grasping the nettle.
   他们都是迎着艰险上的英雄。
7. An unworthy thought can no more germinate in it, than a nettle on a glacier.
   邪恶的思想已不能再在这心里滋长，正如荨麻不能生在冰山上。
8. Girl, what have you been saying to the nettle.
   小丫头，你曾对荨麻说过什么？
9. And what is required for the nettle?
   并且荨麻需要什么呢？
10. But somebody had to walk through the nettle patch.
    可是必须有人穿越那荆棘的小道。
11. Don't waste too much time talking, after all we have to grasp the nettle.
    别浪费时间聊天了。无论如何我们得迎着困难上。
12. Perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs.
    北美洲归化的多年生欧亚荨麻，叶子宽阔质地粗糙有齿，叶子上还有浓密的刺毛。
13. I think we've got to grasp this nettle and find a solution.
    我认为我们必须迅速处理这个问题并找出解决的方法。
14. It might sound like something you wouldn't want to drink, but nettle tea was popular this year for its anti-inflammatory properties and high vitamin content.
    这个名字可能听起来你不想喝它，但是，荨麻茶是今年流行的抗发炎的特效饮料以及它具有高维生素的含量。
15. Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you.
    困难像弹簧，你硬它就软。
16. A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax.
    一种产出象亚麻一样的纤维的荨麻。
17. When the nettle is young, the leaf makes an excellent vegetable;
    荨麻在嫩时，叶子是一种非常好吃的蔬菜。
18. He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
    轻握荨麻者最快被刺。
19. He that lick honey from a nettle, pay too dear for it.
    荨麻剌上舔蜂蜜，得不偿失。
20. Nettle leaves nourish mother and fetus, diminish pain during and after birth and prevent hemorrhage.
    荨麻能滋润母亲和胎儿、到减轻分娩时的痛楚和防止经血过多。
21. He threw aside the speech long drafted on domestic questions and social service, and grasped the nettle.
    他把早就拟好的国内问题和社会福利问题的讲稿抛到一边，勇敢地站起来与困难搏斗。
22. Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it.
    谎言似荨麻，玩弄会刺手。
23. And that is what Mr Pollet and Dr Nettle have done.
    这就是伯里特和奈特博士所做的。
24. Annual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers.
    一年生欧洲荨麻，有带刺的叶子和绿花组成的花串。
25. You will always find some ( poison) on nettle wine's left side;
    荨麻酒的左边一定有毒药。
26. A boy playing in the fields got stung by a nettle, He ran home to his mother, telling her that he had but touched that nasty weed, and it had stung him.
    一个男孩在野外玩耍，被荨麻刺了一下。他跑回家对母亲说，他不过碰了碰那棵讨厌的杂草，就被它刺痛了。
27. A boy was playing in the fields when he was stung by a nettle.
    男孩和荨麻有个男孩子在地里玩耍，被荨麻刺痛了。
28. A Study on Breeding of Griseofulvin Producing Strain ( Penicillium Urticae Bainier) by Genome Shuffling; nettle rash
    利用基因组改组技术对灰黄霉素产生菌&荨麻青霉进行改良的研究
29. We've got to grasp the nettle of prison reform.
    我们得抓一抓监狱改革这个棘手的问题。
30. To sting with or as if with a nettle.
    刺用或好象用荨麻刺。

n.

grasp the nettle

• 果断地处理棘手问题
  to deal with a difficult situation firmly and without hesitating

noun

1. any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

verb

1. cause annoyance in
   1. Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
   2. It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves

   Synonym:    annoyragget tobotherget atirritaterilenarkgravelvexchafedevil

2. sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation

   Synonym:    urticate