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sting

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Related topics: Insects
sting1 /stɪŋ/ ●●○ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp stung /stʌŋ/)
1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HBIHURT/CAUSE PAIN if an insect or a plant stings you, it makes a very small hole in your skin and you feel a sharp pain because of a poisonous substance 刺,蜇,叮
He was stung by a bee.
他被蜜蜂蜇了。
A bee, wasp, scorpion, or plant can sting you. For a mosquito or snake, use bite.
蜜蜂、黃蜂、蠍子或植物人或人用 sting;蚊子或蛇人則用 bite
see thesaurus at bite
2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HURT/CAUSE PAIN to make something hurt with a sudden sharp pain, or to hurt like this (使)刺痛,(使)産生〔短時間的〕劇痛
Antiseptic stings a little.
消毒劑稍有刺痛感。
Chopping onions makes my eyes sting.
切洋蔥會讓我的眼睛感到刺痛。
see thesaurus at hurt
3 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]UPSET if you are stung by a remark, it makes you feel upset 使感到氣憤
5She had been stung by criticism.
批評使她感到很氣憤。
nTheir criticism really stung.
be stung into (doing) something
Her harsh words stung him into action.
她嚴厲的批評刺激他采取了行動。
nGrammar
Sting is usually passive in this meaning, when used as a transitive verb.
4sting somebody for something phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informal 
a) TRICK/DECEIVEto charge someone too much for something 向〔某人〕索取過高的價錢,在上敲〔某人的〕竹杠
The garage stung him for £300.
汽車修理廠敲了他 300 英鎊竹杠。
b) BORROWto borrow money from someone 向〔某人〕借錢
Can I sting you for a fiver?
我能跟你借五英鎊嗎?
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Examples from the Corpus
Related topics: Insects, Animals
sting2 ●●○ noun
1 wound 傷(口) [countableC]HBIHURT/CAUSE PAIN a wound or mark made when an insect or plant stings you 刺傷處,蜇傷處
a bee sting
蜜蜂蜇傷
2. insect 昆蟲 [countableC] British EnglishBrEHBAHBI the sharp needle-shaped part of an insect’s or animal’s body, with which it stings you 刺,螫刺,螫針 SYN American English stinger
3 pain 疼痛 [singular]HURT/CAUSE PAIN a sharp pain in your eyes or skin, caused by being hit, by smoke etc 刺痛,劇痛
She felt the sting of tears in her eyes.
她感覺淚水刺痛了眼睛。
4. a sting in the tail SURPRISEDif a story, event, or announcement has a sting in its tail, there is an unpleasant part at the end of it 〔指故事、事件、聲明等的〕使人不快的結尾
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5 [singular] the upsetting or bad effect of a situation 〔某種情況造成的〕不快,痛苦感受
the sting of rejection
被拒絕的痛苦
take the sting out of something (=make something less unpleasant or painful) 減輕某事的不快[痛苦]程度
She smiled to take the sting out of her words.
她微笑着,使自己的話不至於那麽傷人。
6. crime 犯罪 [countableC] a clever way of catching criminals in which the police secretly pretend to be criminals themselves 〔警察假扮罪犯以誘捕犯罪分子的〕圈套
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Stingn
n1.(1951–) a British songwriter, singer, and actor who used to sing with the pop group The Police until they separated, and has worked successfully on his own since then. His songs include Don’t Stand So Close to Me (1981) and If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (1993). He is also known for his work to protect the environment. His real name is Gordon Sumner.
From Longman Business Dictionary
stingsting /stɪŋ/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp stung /stʌŋ/)
Origin sting1
Old English stingan

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