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1. Oxford Dictionary

   sting

   • IPA[stɪŋ]

   英式

   • 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
   • 相關詞
   • 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 a sting a wasp or bee sting 同義詞 prick, wound, injury, bite, nip, ... 更多puncture
   • ▪ a sharp tingling or burning pain or sensation she felt the sharp sting of tears behind her eyelids 同義詞 smarting, smart, stinging, tingling, tingle, ... 更多pricking, pain, soreness, hurt, irritation
   • ▪ a hurtful quality or effect I recalled the sting of his betrayal 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 her eyes stung as if she might cry again the brandy stung his throat 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 offence 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) I had to buy some boxer shorts at the last minute and got stung for £42.50! 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

   stung

   • past and past participle of sting

   Oxford American Dictionary

   stung

   • past and past participle of sting

   Oxford Dictionary

   bee sting

   • n.
     a wound from the sting of a bee: those who are allergic to bee stings may have an adverse reaction to pollen

   Oxford American Dictionary

   bee sting

   • n.
     a wound from the sting of a bee: those who are allergic to bee stings may have an adverse reaction to pollen

   Oxford Dictionary

   sting in the tail

   • ph.
     an unexpected, typically unpleasant or problematic end to something

   Oxford American Dictionary

   sting in the tail

   • ph.
     an unexpected, typically unpleasant or problematic end to something

   Oxford Dictionary

   bee-stung

   • adj.
     (of a woman's lips) full, red, and pouting.

   Oxford Dictionary

   bee-stung

   • adj.
     (of a woman's lips) full, red, and pouting.

   Oxford American Dictionary

   片語

   • sting in the tail
3. • 更多解釋

   sting

   • IPA[stiNG]

   美式

   • n.
     a small sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of bees, wasps, ants, and scorpions, ...
   • v.
     wound or pierce with a sting: he was stung by a jellyfish a nettle stings if you brush it lightly

   Oxford American Dictionary