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

• And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
  以东的宫殿要长荆棘，保障要长蒺藜和刺草。要作野狗的住处，鸵鸟的居所。
• Love is a fair garden, and marriage a field of nettles.
  爱情是欢乐之园，婚姻是苦恼之地。
• Along with perch and pike from nearby lakes, he ate wild plants like nettles, berries and tubers, as well as mice and rats.
  除了吃附近湖里养的鲈鱼和梭鱼外，他还吃野生植物，例如荨麻、浆果和一些植物的块茎，有时候甚至还吃老鼠和兔子。
• I stung myself on some nettles as I was sitting down.
  我坐下的时候被一些荨麻刺痛了。
• 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。
• 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。
• But somehow it was Kat that got stung by nettles.
  但不知为何是凯特被荨麻给刺伤了。
• A field rank with nettles and thistles As soon as the rain stops, a young sparrow, almost full fledged, comes to the courtyard.
  一块长满荨麻和蓟的土地.雨后，院里来了个麻雀，刚长全了羽毛。
• The other plants turned to nettles and weeds, and died.
  其他的植物都变成了荆棘丛莽，或者枯死了。
• One day he saw some country people busily engaged in pulling up nettles;
  一天，他看见村里有许多人正忙着拔除荨麻。