stinging

1. VERB 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.
   1. The nettles stung their legs...
      荨麻扎了他们的腿。
   2. I jumped as if I had been stung by a scorpion...
      我像被蝎子蜇了似的跳了起来。
   3. This type of bee rarely stings.
      这种蜜蜂很少蜇人。
2. N-COUNT (昆虫、动物的)螫刺，螫针，刺
   The sting of an insect or animal is the part that stings you.
   1. Remove the bee sting with tweezers.
      用镊子拔掉蜜蜂的螫刺。
3. N-COUNT 刺伤;叮伤;蜇痛
   If you feel a sting, you feel a sharp pain in your skin or other part of your body.
   1. This won't hurt — you will just feel a little sting.
      这不痛——你只会感觉到像被轻轻叮了一下。
4. V-ERG (使)感到刺痛;(使)感到灼痛
   If a part of your body stings, or if a substance stings it, you feel a sharp pain there.
   1. His cheeks were stinging from the icy wind...
      刺骨的寒风吹得他脸颊生疼。
   2. Never put any essential oils near the eyes. They are very strong and could sting...
      千万不要将任何精油抹到眼睛周围。它们有很强的刺激性，可能会使眼睛产生刺痛感。
   3. Sprays can sting sensitive skin.
      这些喷剂会使敏感肌肤感到刺痛。
5. VERB (言谈)刺痛，刺伤，惹恼
   If someone's remarks sting you, they make you feel hurt and annoyed.
   1. He's a sensitive lad and some of the criticism has stung him...
      他是个敏感的小伙子，有些批评刺痛了他。
   2. She burst into tears, stung by the harshness of his words.
      他那番严厉无情的话让她伤心得大哭起来。
6. N-COUNT (警方为抓捕罪犯精心设计的)圈套
   A sting is a clever secret plan carried out by the police in order to catch criminals.
   1. The police ran a sting operation to crack down on illegal guns.
      警方展开诱捕行动以严打非法枪支。
   2. ...a sting set by the FBI.
      美国联邦调查局设下的圈套
7. 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.
8. 减少麻烦;减轻不愉快
   If something takes the sting out of a situation, it makes it less unpleasant.

1. The stinging slap almost caught his face
   那狠狠的一巴掌差点搧在他脸上。
2. On September 24, he wrote a stinging denunciation of his critics
   9月24号，他写了一篇痛斥那些批评者的措词强烈的文章。
3. The stinging nettle has a square stem and little hairs.
   荨麻长有四方茎和细小茸毛。
4. A stinging slap across the face jolted her
   火辣辣的一巴掌打在脸上，她惊呆了。
5. His cheeks were stinging from the icy wind
   刺骨的寒风吹得他脸颊生疼。
6. No longer able to contain himself, he gave the scoundrel a stinging slap.
   他忍无可忍，狠狠地给了那家伙一巴掌。
7. When accused of theft, he came back with a stinging counter-accusation.
   别人指控他盗窃，他反咬人一口。
8. But now those howls have turned into a stinging civil lawsuit.
   但如今，这些不满已演变成了一项巨额民事诉讼。
9. Causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold.
   引起剧烈的疼痛或刺痛的感觉的；尤其用于寒冷。
10. Former Juventus star Alessio Tacchinardi launched a stinging attack on "the incompetent directors" and Fabio Cannavaro.
    前尤文图斯球星塔奇纳迪批评了“不称职的管理层”和卡纳瓦罗。
11. I remember the stinging things I said about them.
    我还记得我所说的那些有关他们的带刺的话。
12. My eyes are still stinging from the smoke.
    烟呛得我眼睛仍感到痛。
13. But stinging eyes and dry coughs show that harmful chemicals fill the air.
    但是人们眼睛刺痛和干咳，说明空气里充满了有害的化学物质。
14. My eyes are stinging from the smoke.
    我的眼睛被烟熏痛。
15. Now it's stinging in my lungs.
    现在它刺激了我的肺。
16. Large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing; the larvae have stinging spines.
    黄色的美洲大蚕蛾，每只后翅上有象大眼睛一样的斑点；幼虫有刺样的脊骨。
17. My eyes were stinging with the salt in the water.
    我的眼睛由于水中的盐分而感到刺痛。
18. They launched a stinging attack on the government.
    他们向政府发动了凌厉的攻势。
19. Again she charged me and I dodged, just missing the stinging swish of the wet towel.
    她又一次朝我猛冲过来，我一闪身，恰好躲过了抽来的湿毛巾。
20. There was something in her eyes, stinging, blurring her sight.
    她眼里有什么东西，刺痛，模糊了视线。
21. His fingers were still stinging from the caning he had had.
    他的手指经过鞭打后仍旧感到刺痛。
22. For the first time in my life a feeling of overpowering stinging melancholy seized me.
    有生以来第一次，一种强烈的、痛心的忧郁之感抓住了我的心。
23. Insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing.
    有两对膜状翅膀和一个专用于刺或叮的产卵器的昆虫。
24. Kunta's eyes, making him blink to stop the stinging.
    汗珠已流进了昆塔的眼睛，使他不禁要眨一下眼以免刺痛。
25. Shit's stinging my eyes.
    妈的，它进到我眼里去了。
26. 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。
27. Genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs.
    美洲西部的一个具刚毛的草本或亚灌木属，缺乏刺一样的绒毛。
28. A stinging or smarting sensation.
    刺痛感剧烈刺痛的感觉。
29. We have become inured to the stinging insects here.
    我们已经习惯了这里叮人的虫子。
30. Cause a sharp of stinging pain or discomfort.
    引起尖锐的刺人的痛或者不适。

noun

1. a kind of pain
   1. the sting of death
   2. he felt the stinging of nettles

   Synonym:    sting

adj

1. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
   1. cutting remarks
   2. edged satire
   3. a stinging comment

   Synonym:    cuttingedged