hornet
英 [ˈhɔːnɪt]
美 [ˈhɔːrnɪt]
n. 大黄蜂; 马蜂
复数：hornets
BNC.21224 / COCA.21471
习惯用语
n.
- a hornets' nest
- 引起公愤的状况；困境
a difficult situation in which a lot of people get very angry - His letter to the papers stirred up a real hornets' nest .
他给报界写的信着实引发了众怒。
牛津词典
noun
- 大黄蜂；马蜂
a large wasp (= a black and yellow flying insect) that has a very powerful sting
柯林斯词典
- 大黄蜂;大胡蜂;马蜂
Ahornetis a large wasp. Hornets live in nests and have a powerful sting. - 一大堆麻烦;棘手的局面;马蜂窝
If you say that someone has stirred upa hornet's nest, you mean that they have done something which has caused a lot of argument or trouble.
英英释义
noun
- large stinging paper wasp
双语例句
- In the southern city of Bangalore, Indian air force pilots have carried out sorties of two F18 "Super hornet" fighter jets manufactured by U.
在南部城市班加罗尔，印度空军飞行员驾驶两架由美国波音公司制造的F-18超级大黄蜂战机进行了单机飞行。 - The student made the teacher as mad as a hornet!
学生们都快把老师给逼疯了。 - And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
我打发黄蜂飞在你们前面，将亚摩利人的二王从你们面前撵出，并不是用你的刀，也不是用你的弓。 - Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished.
并且耶和华你神必打发黄蜂飞到他们中间，直到那剩下而藏躲的人从你面前灭亡。 - Even the hornet is attracted to the sugar-pot.
糖罐连黄蜂也能招来。 - For goodness sake, don't remind him of the unfortunate business that happened last year or you'll bring a hornet's nest about our ears.
务必不要向他提及去年发生的不幸事件，否则你就会招惹麻烦的。 - Stephen Chow was previously attached to direct and star in the upcoming Seth Rogen film "The Green Hornet," but ended up leaving due to a difference of opinion.
周星驰曾想要导演和主演塞思的电影“青蜂侠”，但由于意见分歧最终离开。 - An area the size of the Hornet's flight deck was marked off on an airstrip and they practiced taking off time after time from this restricted space.
在机场上标出了大黄蜂号甲板一样大小的一块地方，他们（机组人员）一次又一次地练习从这样一块有限的面积上起飞。 - His reform scheme had failed so miserably that perhaps he felt he ought not raise a hornet's nest about his head so soon after the troubles he had gone through.
他的改革计划已彻底失败，也许他觉得在他刚刚遭到挫败之后不应该再使自己成为众矢之的。 - The government stirred up a hornet's nest by changing the prices of the goods.
政府更改了物价标准，因而激起了众怒。