nettles

英 [ˈnetlz]

美 [ˈnetlz]

n.  荨麻
v.  使烦恼; 使生气
nettle的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 荨麻
  Nettlesare wild plants which have leaves covered with fine hairs that sting you when you touch them.
  1. The nettles stung their legs.
     荨麻扎了他们的腿。
  2. ...numerous clumps of stinging nettles dotted across the meadow.
     数不清的一簇簇扎人的荨麻遍布整片草地。
• VERB 惹恼;冒犯
  If youare nettledby something, you are annoyed or offended by it.
  1. He was nettled by her manner...
     她的举止惹恼了他。
  2. It was the suggestion that he might alter course to win an election that really nettled him.
     是那条让他改变策略以赢得选举的建议惹恼了他。
• PHRASE 迎难而上;知难而进;大胆抓棘手问题
  If yougrasp the nettle, you deal with a problem, or do something that is unpleasant, quickly and in a determined way.
  1. Some industrialists believe the government should grasp the nettle of devaluation before the referendum takes place.
     一些实业家认为政府应该在全民公决前果断出手解决棘手的货币贬值问题。

双语例句

• Pay Back in one's own coin Some of them were on nettles till they learned your name was Dickson.
  他们中间，有一部分人，在知道你的大名是迪克逊之前一直坐立不安。
• I can't be dealing with bushes, nettles, and deadly nightshade.
  我可对付不了那些灌木，荨麻、颠茄。
• The nettles stung their legs.
  荨麻扎了他们的腿。
• He had to deal with holly bushes, nettles, hawthorns, eglantines, thistles, and very irascible brambles.
  他得和灌木、荨麻、出楂、野蔷薇、飞廉和一触即怒的黑莓打交道。
• Objective: To study the resource of officinal nettles in Sichuan.
  目的：弄清四川药用荨麻的资源情况。
• I pushed her in the nettles.
  我把她推进了荨麻丛。
• They plucked the long grass and nettles from the tombs, thinned the poor shrubs and roots.
  他们拔除了坟墓上的茂草和荨麻，砍断矮树和根株。
• He swished off the tops of the nettles with his cane.
  他用杖抽断了麻的顶部。
• Nettles are surprisingly good — much like spinach but with a sweetish taste.
  没想到荨麻这么好吃——很像菠菜，但带了点甜味。
• Watch out for those stinging nettles!
  当心那些刺人的荨麻！