nettle
英 [ˈnetl]
美 [ˈnetl]
n. 荨麻
v. 使烦恼; 使生气
复数:nettles 过去式:nettled 过去分词:nettled 现在分词:nettling 第三人称单数:nettles
Collins.1 / BNC.11428 / COCA.17834
习惯用语
n.
- grasp the nettle
- 果断地处理棘手问题
to deal with a difficult situation firmly and without hesitating
牛津词典
noun
- 荨麻
a wild plant with leaves that have pointed edges, are covered in fine hairs and sting if you touch them
verb
- 使烦恼;使生气
to make sb slightly angry- My remarks clearly nettled her.
我的话显然惹恼了她。
- My remarks clearly nettled her.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 荨麻
Nettlesare wild plants which have leaves covered with fine hairs that sting you when you touch them.- The nettles stung their legs.
荨麻扎了他们的腿。 - ...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。
- The nettles stung their legs.
- VERB 惹恼;冒犯
If youare nettledby something, you are annoyed or offended by it.- He was nettled by her manner...
她的举止惹恼了他。 - 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。
- He was nettled by her manner...
- PHRASE 迎难而上;知难而进;大胆抓棘手问题
If yougrasp the nettle, you deal with a problem, or do something that is unpleasant, quickly and in a determined way.- 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。
- Some industrialists believe the government should grasp the nettle of devaluation before the referendum takes place.
英英释义
noun
- any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
verb
- cause annoyance in
- Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
- It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
- sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
轻握荨麻者最快被刺。 - 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。 - 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。 - Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you.
困难像弹簧,你硬它就软。