nettle
英 ['net(?)l]
美['n?tl]
- vt. 剌激；惹惱；用蕁麻刺
- n. 蕁麻
- adj. 蕁麻科的
GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數:?nettles;第三人稱單數:?nettles;過去式:?nettled;過去分詞:?nettled;現在分詞:?nettling;
中文詞源
nettle 蕁麻
來自net,網。即織網的材料，用于指蕁麻。
英文詞源
- nettle (n.)
- stinging plant, Old English netele, from Proto-Germanic *natilon (cognates: Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele, Dutch netel, German Nessel, M.Da. n?dl? "nettle"), diminutive of *naton, perhaps from PIE root *ned- "to twist, knot" (see net (n.)). "[N]ettles or plants of closely related genera such as hemp were used as a source of fiber" [Watkins].
- nettle (v.)
- c. 1400, "to beat with nettles," from nettle (n.). Figurative sense of "irritate, provoke" is from 1560s. Related: Nettled; nettling.
Nettled. Teized, provoked, out of temper. He or she has pissed on a nettle; said of one who is pevish or out of temper. [Grose, "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1785]
雙語例句
- 1. The stinging nettle has a square stem and little hairs.
- 蕁麻長有四方莖和細小茸毛。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Nettle grows plentifully on any rich waste ground.
- 蕁麻在任何肥沃的荒地上都能茂盛地生長。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it.
- 謊言似蕁麻,玩弄會刺手.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. They are all heroes grasping the nettle.
- 他們都是迎著艱險上的英雄.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. And that is what Mr Pollet and Dr Nettle have done.
- 這正是Pollet先生 和Nettle博士所要解決的.
來自互聯網
