Rung.vn Từ điển - Cộng đồng hỏi đáp trực tuyến
  • Từ điển Anh - Anh

Sting*

( Xem từ này trên từ điển Anh Việt)

Mục lục

Verb (used with object)

to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
to affect painfully or irritatingly as a result of contact, as certain plants do
to be stung by nettles.
to cause to smart or to cause a sharp pain
The blowing sand stung his eyes.
to cause mental or moral anguish
to be stung with remorse.
to goad or drive, as by sharp irritation.
Slang . to cheat or take advantage of, esp. to overcharge; soak.

Verb (used without object)

to use, have, or wound with a sting, as bees.
to cause a sharp, smarting pain, as some plants, an acrid liquid or gas, or a slap or hit.
to cause acute mental pain or irritation, as annoying thoughts or one's conscience
The memory of that insult still stings.
to feel acute mental pain or irritation
He was stinging from the blow to his pride.
to feel a smarting pain, as from a blow or the sting of an insect.

Noun

an act or an instance of stinging.
a wound, pain, or smart caused by stinging.
any sharp physical or mental wound, hurt, or pain.
anything or an element in anything that wounds, pains, or irritates
to feel the sting of defeat; Death, where is thy sting?
capacity to wound or pain
Satire has a sting.
a sharp stimulus or incitement
driven by the sting of jealousy; the sting of ambition.
Botany . a glandular hair on certain plants, as nettles, that emits an irritating fluid.
Zoology . any of various sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organs of insects and other animals capable of inflicting painful or dangerous wounds.
Slang .
confidence game.
an ostensibly illegal operation, as the buying of stolen goods or the bribing of public officials, used by undercover investigators to collect evidence of wrongdoing.

Xem thêm các từ khác

  • Stingaree

    a stingray.
  • Stinger

    a person or thing that stings., an animal or plant having a stinging organ., the sting or stinging organ of an insect or other animal., informal . a stinging...
  • Stinginess

    reluctant to give or spend; not generous; niggardly; penurious, scanty or meager, he 's a stingy old miser ., a stingy little income .
  • Stinging

    to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ., to affect painfully or irritatingly as a result of contact, as certain plants do, to...
  • Stingo

    strong beer.
  • Stingy

    reluctant to give or spend; not generous; niggardly; penurious, scanty or meager, adjective, adjective, he 's a stingy old miser ., a stingy little income...
  • Stink

    to emit a strong offensive smell., to be offensive to honesty or propriety; to be in extremely bad repute or disfavor., informal . to be disgustingly inferior,...
  • Stink ball

    stinkpot ( def. 1 ) .
  • Stink bomb

    a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding., noun, odorous bomb , stink ball , stinkpot
  • Stink horn

    any of various rank-smelling, brown-capped mushrooms of the genus phallus, esp. p. impudicus.
  • Stink stone

    any of various limestones that emit an unpleasant odor when scratched or struck.
  • Stinkard

    a despicable person; stinker.
  • Stinker

    a person or thing that stinks., informal . a mean or despicable person; louse., informal . something, esp. some form of entertainment, of inferior quality.,...
  • Stinking

    foul-smelling., slang . very drunk; plastered., slang . very rich, contemptible; disgusting, completely or extremely, adjective, his father left him so...
  • Stinkpot

    also called stinkball. a jar containing combustibles or other materials that generate offensive and suffocating vapors, formerly used in warfare., informal...
  • Stinky

    foul smelling; stinking., informal . mean-spirited; nasty.
  • Stint

    to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance, archaic . to cease action; desist., to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly;...
  • Stintingly

    to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance, archaic . to cease action; desist., to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly;...
  • Stintless

    to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance, archaic . to cease action; desist., to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly;...
  • Stipe

    botany, mycology . a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation...
Điều khoản Nhóm phát triển
Rừng Từ điển trực tuyến © 2024
DMCA.com Protection Status
có bài viết mới ↑

Bạn vui lòng đăng nhập để đăng câu hỏi

Mời bạn nhập câu hỏi ở đây (đừng quên cho thêm ngữ cảnh và nguồn bạn nhé)
Loading...
Top