Sting
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vt. 叮，螫;刺痛;精神上刺痛;刺激;
vi. 感到劇痛;刺，叮;
n. 螫傷處;（某些昆蟲的）毒刺;（身體或心靈的）劇痛;（警察為抓捕罪犯而設的）圈套;
?? 例句
"Wasp sting is serious, as I know to my cost."
讓黃蜂蜇了可不好受，我吃過這苦頭。
Their ridicule stung him into making a sharp reply.
他們的嘲弄刺激他作出了尖刻的回答。
Her words have a sting in them.
她話中帶刺。
When you slice an onion, it makes your eyes sting.
切蔥頭辣眼睛。
Thomas shook his head, feeling the sting of spray on his face.
托馬斯搖了搖頭，浪花濺在臉上，他覺得有點疼。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ sting-叮,stick-木棒:一只黃峰叮一根木棒
※ sting-刺、刺痛,string-細繩:刺疼的部位用布和細繩捆起來
※ s-似“美女”,ting-拼音“聽”:美女受到刺激,所以聽歌解悶
? 同義詞
?? 詞根
-point-表示“刺扎”
常見變體有-punct-、-pugn-
?? 牛津釋義
sting
n
1 [C] sharp pointed organ of some insects (eg bees, wasps) and other animals, used for wounding and (usu) injecting poison （某些昆蟲, 如蜜蜂、 黃蜂, 及其他動物的）螫針, 螫刺, 毒刺
The sting of a scorpion is in its tail. 蝎子的毒鉤在其尾部.
2 [C] sharp pointed hair on the surface of the leaf of some plants (eg nettles) that causes pain when touched （某些植物, 如蕁麻, 葉子表面上的）螫毛.
3 [C]
(a) (pain from) wounding by an animal's or a plant's sting （動物螫刺或植物螫毛造成的）螫痛, 刺痛
That bee gave me a nasty sting. 那只蜜蜂狠狠地蜇了我一下.
The sting of a jellyfish is very painful. 讓水母刺著是很痛的.
(b) place of a wound made by a sting 螫傷處; 蜇傷處
Her face was covered in wasp stings. 她臉上滿是黃蜂蜇過的傷痕.
4 [C, U] any sharp pain of body or mind; wounding effect （身體上或精神上的）劇痛, 造成傷痛的作用力
ointment to take the sting out of the burn 燒傷止痛藥膏
the sting of the wind 風刮的刺痛
the sting of remorse, jealousy, etc 因悔恨、 忌妒等而感到的劇烈痛苦
His tongue has a nasty sting, ie He says hurtful things. 他的舌頭能蜇人（說話傷人）.
5 (idm 習語) a ,sting in the `tail unpleasant feature which only becomes apparent atthe end 直到最後才顯現出來的壞處
The announcementof the pay rise had a sting in its tail we would have to work longer hours. 宣布了提高工資有個倒霉事在後頭--我們得延長工時.
sting v (pt, pp stung )
1 [I, Tn] prick or wound (sb) with or as if with a sting; have the ability to do this 蜇（傷）, 刺（傷）（某人）; 有蜇（傷）的能力
Not all nettles sting. 并非所有的蕁麻接觸後都有刺痛感.
a stinging wind 刺骨的風
A bee stung me on the cheek. 一只蜜蜂蜇了我的臉.
The smoke is stinging my eyes. 煙把我的眼睛熏得很疼.
The impact of the tennis ball really stung his leg. 網球撞擊在他的腿上, 真夠疼的.
(fig 比喻) His words certainly stung (her). 他的話確實刺痛了（她）.
He was stung (ie deeply upset) by their insults. 他因受到他們的侮辱而非常氣憤.
2 [I] feel sharp pain 感到劇痛
My eyes are stinging from the smoke. 我的眼睛讓煙熏得很疼.
His knee stung from the graze. 他的膝蓋擦傷後十分疼痛.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (to/into sth) provoke sb by making him angry, upset or offended 激怒、 惹惱或冒犯某人
Their taunts stung him to action/into fighting. 他們冷嘲熱諷惹得他采取了行動[打了起來].
Her insult stung him into making a rude reply. 她侮辱了他, 氣得他粗魯地反唇相譏.
4 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (for sth) (infml 口) charge sb too much money (for sth); swindle sb （為某事物）向某人索取高價, 詐騙某人錢財
He was stung for 5, ie had to pay this amount. 他讓人家敲了5英鎊的竹杠.
How much did they sting you for? 他們騙了你多少錢?
?? 考研助記
死叮(諧音)→死叮住不放→ 叮 咬 街道(st)正在(ing)被蚊蟲 叮咬，引起 劇痛 網友：yqy補充： 源于: sting(n /v 刺; 針刺)
?? 擴展釋義
*[sti?]n. 叮, 刺痛, 刺激, 諷刺vt. 叮, 刺痛, 刺激, 使苦惱vi. 叮, 刺痛【醫】 螫傷
?? 同詞根單詞
?? 同為「博士」詞匯
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The towers are further apart at the top than at the base, but this is no mistake.
兩座塔樓的樓頂之間的距離比樓底之間的距離要大一些，但是這并不是錯誤。
He had found his family, and his roots at last!
他終于找到了他的家族，他的“根”了！
Finally, India won her independence on August 15th, 1947, but Gandhi himself was shot five months later by an Indian who opposed his views.
印度終于在1947年8月15日獲得獨立，但甘地本人卻在5個月后被一個反對他的觀點的印度人槍殺。