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。
• 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。
• 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 garden is completely overgrown ( with nettles). She saw a small river with green grass and red flowers on both sides.
  花园里长满了（荨麻科）植物。她看到一条小河，两岸长满了红花绿草。
• 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。
• 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。
• How disturbing it was to discover that many of these "seeds" were extremely negative thoughts destined to grow patches of thorny thistles and stinging nettles in our daily lives!
  当发现大多数的“思之种子”都是很负面的思想，注定要在我们的日常生活中长成一丛丛带刺的野蓟、荨麻的时候，这是多么让人烦恼啊！
• Knaves and nettles are akin; stroak, em kindly, yet they, ll sting.
  无赖和荨麻，你轻摸也要被扎。