nettle

英 [ˈnetl]

美 [ˈnetl]

n.  荨麻
v.  使烦恼; 使生气

复数：nettles　过去式：nettled　过去分词：nettled　现在分词：nettling　第三人称单数：nettles　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11428 / COCA.17834

习惯用语

n.

grasp the nettle
• 果断地处理棘手问题
  to deal with a difficult situation firmly and without hesitating

牛津词典

noun

• 荨麻
  a wild plant with leaves that have pointed edges, are covered in fine hairs and sting if you touch them

verb

• 使烦恼；使生气
  to make sb slightly angry
  1. My remarks clearly nettled her.
     我的话显然惹恼了她。

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。

英英释义

noun

• any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

verb

• cause annoyance in
  1. Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
  2. It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
  Synonym:annoyragget tobotherget atirritaterilenarkgravelvexchafedevil
• sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
  Synonym:urticate

双语例句

• A boy playing in the fields got stung by a nettle, He ran home to his mother, telling her that he had but touched that nasty weed, and it had stung him.
  一个男孩在野外玩耍，被荨麻刺了一下。他跑回家对母亲说，他不过碰了碰那棵讨厌的杂草，就被它刺痛了。
• We've got to grasp the nettle of prison reform.
  我们得抓一抓监狱改革这个棘手的问题。
• An unworthy thought can no more germinate in it, than a nettle on a glacier.
  邪恶的思想已不能再在这心里滋长，正如荨麻不能生在冰山上。
• When the nettle is young, the leaf makes an excellent vegetable;
  荨麻在嫩时，叶子是一种非常好吃的蔬菜。
• Don't waste too much time talking, after all we have to grasp the nettle.
  别浪费时间聊天了。无论如何我们得迎着困难上。
• He that lick honey from a nettle, pay too dear for it.
  荨麻剌上舔蜂蜜，得不偿失。
• A Study on Breeding of Griseofulvin Producing Strain ( Penicillium Urticae Bainier) by Genome Shuffling; nettle rash
  利用基因组改组技术对灰黄霉素产生菌&荨麻青霉进行改良的研究
• 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。
• Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you.
  困难像弹簧，你硬它就软。
• He threw aside the speech long drafted on domestic questions and social service, and grasped the nettle.
  他把早就拟好的国内问题和社会福利问题的讲稿抛到一边，勇敢地站起来与困难搏斗。