nettle
英 ['net(ə)l]
美 ['nɛtl]
- vt. 剌激；惹恼；用荨麻刺
- n. 荨麻
- adj. 荨麻科的
中文词源
nettle 荨麻来自net,网。即织网的材料，用于指荨麻。
英文词源
- nettle (n.)
- stinging plant, Old English netele, from Proto-Germanic *natilon (cognates: Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele, Dutch netel, German Nessel, M.Da. nædlæ "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]
双语例句
- 1. The stinging nettle has a square stem and little hairs.
- 荨麻长有四方茎和细小茸毛。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Nettle grows plentifully on any rich waste ground.
- 荨麻在任何肥沃的荒地上都能茂盛地生长。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it.
- 谎言似荨麻,玩弄会刺手.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. They are all heroes grasping the nettle.
- 他们都是迎着艰险上的英雄.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. And that is what Mr Pollet and Dr Nettle have done.
- 这正是Pollet先生 和Nettle博士所要解决的.
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