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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   sting

   • IPA[stiNG]

   美式

   • n.
     a small sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of bees, wasps, ants, and scorpions, capable of inflicting a painful or dangerous wound by injecting poison.；any of a number of minute hairs or other organs of plants, jellyfishes, etc., which inject a poisonous or irritating fluid when touched
   • v.
     wound or pierce with a sting；feel or cause to feel a sharp tingling or burning pain or sensation

   • verb: sting, 3rd person present: stings, gerund or present participle: stinging, past tense: stung, past participle: stung

   • noun: sting, plural noun: stings

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a small sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of bees, wasps, ants, and scorpions, capable of inflicting a painful or dangerous wound by injecting poison.
   • ▪ any of a number of minute hairs or other organs of plants, jellyfishes, etc., which inject a poisonous or irritating fluid when touched a nettle-like plant with no sting
   • ▪ a wound from the sting of an insect or plant a wasp or bee sting 同義詞 prick, wound, injury, bite, nip, ... 更多puncture
   • ▪ a sharp tingling or burning pain or sensation I felt the sting of the cold, bitter air 同義詞 smarting, smart, stinging, tingling, tingle, ... 更多pricking, pain, soreness, hurt, irritation
   • ▪ a hurtful quality or effect she smiled to take the sting out of her words 同義詞 heartache, heartbreak, agony, torture, torment, ... 更多hurt, pain, anguish, distress, desolation, misery, sharpness, severity, bite, edge, pointedness, asperity, pungency, mordancy, acerbity, acidity, tartness, sarcasm, acrimony, malice, spite, venom, rarecausticity, mordacity
   • 2. informal a carefully planned operation, typically one involving deception five blackmailers were jailed last week after they were snared in a police sting 同義詞 swindle, fraud, piece of deception, trickery, cheat, ... 更多bit of sharp practice, informalrip-off, con, con trick, diddle, fiddle, bunco

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. wound or pierce with a sting he was stung by a jellyfish a nettle stings if you brush it lightly 同義詞 prick, wound, injure, hurt, bite, ... 更多nip, penetrate, poison, rareurticate
   • ▪ feel or cause to feel a sharp tingling or burning pain or sensation the brandy stung his throat her eyes stung 同義詞 smart, tingle, burn, be painful, hurt, ... 更多be irritated, be sore, ache
   • ▪ (typically of something said) hurt or upset (someone) stung by her mockery, Frank hung his head 同義詞 upset, wound, distress, make miserable, cut to the quick, ... 更多sear, grieve, hurt, pain, torment, mortify
   • ▪ provoke someone to do (something) by causing annoyance or offense he was stung into action by an article in the paper 同義詞 provoke, goad, incite, spur, prick, ... 更多prod, rouse, stir up, drive, move, motivate, galvanize, stimulate反義詞 deter
   • 2. informal swindle or exorbitantly overcharge (someone) an elaborate fraud that stung a bank for thousands 同義詞 swindle, defraud, cheat, fleece, gull, ... 更多informalrip off, screw, do, rook, diddle, take for a ride, skin, clip, chisel, gouge, bunco, informal, datedrush

   片語

   • sting in the tail