sting
英 [stɪŋ]
美[stɪŋ]
- n. 刺痛；讽刺，刺激；刺毛
- vt. 刺；驱使；使…苦恼；使…疼痛
- vi. 刺痛；被刺痛；感到剧痛
- n. (Sting)人名；(英)斯廷；(德)施廷
词态变化
复数: stings;第三人称单数: stings;过去式: stung;过去分词: stung;现在分词: stinging;
助记提示
1. 死叮 → 蜇、咬
2. sting => stingu-, stinct- "prick, stick, pierce".
2. sting => stingu-, stinct- "prick, stick, pierce".
中文词源
sting 刺，叮，蜇，激怒
来自古英语 stingan,刺，插，戳，叮，来自 Proto-Germanic*stingan,刺，插，来自 PIE*stengh, 鼻音化自*stegh,刺，插，词源同 stake,stick,instinct.引申诸相关词义。
英英释意
- 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
英文词源
- sting
- sting: [OE] Sting comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *stengg-, which also produced Swedish stinga and Danish stinge. This denoted ‘pierce with something sharp’ (‘He with a spear stung the proud Viking’, Battle of Maldon 993), a meaning which was not ousted in English by the more specialized application to insects until the late 15th century. Stingy [17] may be based on stinge ‘act of stinging’, a dialectal noun derived from Old English stingan ‘sting’; an underlying sense ‘having a sting, sharp’ is revealed in the dialectal sense ‘bad-tempered’.
- sting (v.)
- Old English stingan "to stab, pierce, or prick with a point" (of weapons, insects, plants, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *stingan (cognates: Old Norse stinga, Old High German stungen "to prick," Gothic us-stagg "to prick out," Old High German stanga, German stange "pole, perch," German stengel "stalk, stem"), perhaps from PIE *stengh-, nasalized form of root *stegh- "to prick, sting" (cognates: Old English stagga "stag," Greek stokhos "pointed stake").
Specialized to insects late 15c. Intransitive sense "be sharply painful" is from 1848. Slang meaning "to cheat, swindle" is from 1812. Old English past tense stang, past participle stungen; the past tense later leveled to stung. - sting (n.)
- Old English stincg, steng "act of stinging, puncture, thrust," from the root of sting (v.). Meaning "sharp-pointed organ capable of inflicting a painful puncture wound" is from late 14c. Meaning "carefully planned theft or robbery" is attested from 1930; sense of "police undercover entrapment" first attested 1975.
考试真题
- She still remembers the sting of her first experience skipping an assignment due to the high prices.
2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B
- Sting in the tail Ashby Plant is one of a number of psychologists who seized on Obama's candidacy to test hypotheses about the power of role models
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
- Perhaps surprisingly, it is not all good news: there is a sting in the tail of the Obama effect
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
- The friendship that grew out of the experience of making that film and the sting four years later had its root in the fact that although there was an age difference, we both came from a tradition of theater and live TV.
2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
词组搭配
sting in the tail
an unexpected, typically unpleasant or problematic end to something
（尤指令人不快的）意外结局
the Budget comes with a sting in the tail—future tax increases.
预算带来一个令人意外的结果——今后税收要提高。
实用场景例句
- I was stung on the arm by a wasp.
- 我的胳膊给黄蜂蜇了一下。
牛津词典
- Be careful of the nettles─they sting!
- 小心给荨麻扎着——荨麻有刺！
牛津词典
- I put some antiseptic on the cut and it stung for a moment.
- 我在割破的地方抹了点抗菌剂，一时间十分刺痛。
牛津词典
- My eyes were stinging from the smoke.
- 烟熏得我眼睛疼。
牛津词典
- Tears stung her eyes.
- 她流泪流得眼睛疼。
牛津词典
- He was stung by their criticism.
- 他们的批评使他心烦意乱。
牛津词典
- Their cruel remarks stung her into action.
- 他们伤人的话激怒了她，使她不得不采取行动。
牛津词典
- They launched a stinging attack on the government.
- 他们对政府进行了猛烈的抨击。
牛津词典
- I got stung for a £100 meal.
- 我挨宰了，一顿饭吃了100英镑。
牛津词典
- the sting of a bee
- 蜜蜂的螫针
牛津词典
- The scorpion has a sting in its tail.
- 蝎子尾巴上有螫针。
牛津词典
- A wasp or bee sting is painful but not necessarily serious.
- 被黄蜂或蜜蜂蜇一下疼是疼，但未必碍事。
牛津词典
- the sting of salt in a wound
- 伤口上撒盐引起的剧痛
牛津词典
- He smiled at her, trying to take the sting out of his words (= trying to make the situation less painful or difficult) .
- 他冲她微微一笑，想使他的话不至于刺痛她。
牛津词典
- a sting operation to catch heroin dealers in Detroit
- 在底特律设圈套抓捕海洛因贩子的行动
牛津词典
- The nettles stung their legs...
- 荨麻扎了他们的腿。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I jumped as if I had been stung by a scorpion...
- 我像被蝎子蜇了似的跳了起来。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Remove the bee sting with tweezers.
- 用镊子拔掉蜜蜂的螫刺。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His cheeks were stinging from the icy wind...
- 刺骨的寒风吹得他脸颊生疼。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a sting set by the FBI.
- 美国联邦调查局设下的圈套
柯林斯高阶英语词典