be stung into (doing) something• Her harsh words stung him into action.• Besides, I thought it might sting you into giving me something on the Mallenders.• Had they stung Bristol into raising a gamedampened by unremittingdrizzle they might have suffered more.• It often stings a man into awareness, which is partly why he fears the feminine so much.• Maybe Ray Floyd stung him into action too.• Perhaps he was just young enough to bounce back, perhaps Oasis stung him into action.• The kind of electricjab that stings you into pulling your tentacles back fast.• The two men went out, letting a blast of stinging air into the trailer.
1wound 伤(口) [countableC]HBIHURT/CAUSE PAIN a wound or mark made when an insect or plant stings you 刺伤处,蜇伤处
a bee sting
蜜蜂蜇伤
2.insect 昆虫 [countableC]British EnglishBrEHBAHBI the sharp needle-shaped part of an insect’s or animal’s body, with which it stings you 刺,螫刺,螫针SYN American English stinger
3pain 疼痛 [singular]HURT/CAUSE PAIN a sharp pain in your eyes or skin, caused by being hit, by smoke etc 刺痛,剧痛
She felt the sting of tears in her eyes.
她感觉泪水刺痛了眼睛。
4.a sting in the tailSURPRISEDif a story, event, or announcement has a sting in its tail, there is an unpleasant part at the end of it 〔指故事、事件、声明等的〕使人不快的结尾
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a sting in the tail• My stories from Lesbos seemed to carry a sting in the tail for both cultures.• An omelette of rumour, speculation and downright lies, with many a sting in the tail.• But there's a sting in the tail.• And there was a sting in the tail, he warned finally.
5[singular] the upsetting or bad effect of a situation 〔某种情况造成的〕不快,痛苦感受
the sting of rejection
被拒绝的痛苦
take the sting out of something (=make something less unpleasant or painful) 减轻某事的不快[痛苦]程度
sting• And not much chance of Fishylearning enough of the locallingo to set up a sting like this.• The bee sting had left a red mark on my arm.• Only afterward, on the hike back to the parking lot, did I begin to feel the sting of Red Disaster.• Walking from the taxi to his apartment, Ross had felt the sting and throb in his face for the first time.• Even ten years later, he felt the sting of the rebuke, the motive for which he still fails to understand.• I had never felt the sting of discrimination before.• I still felt the sting of her slap on my cheek.• Passage of the bill would ease some of the sting that the White House has felt since its initiative failed.
bee sting• For most people, the reaction to a bee sting is swelling and pain.• That is only a fraction of the numbers killed by bee stings.• For a human being a wasp or bee sting is always painful, but not necessarily serious.• Fireofficials said bee stings and poisonoak were the most serious problems.
n1.(1951–) a Britishsongwriter, singer, and actor who used to sing with the pop group The Police until they separated, and has worked successfully on his own since then. His songsincludeDon’t Stand So Close to Me (1981) and If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (1993). He is also known for his work to protect the environment. His realname is Gordon Sumner.
From Longman Business Dictionary
stingsting /stɪŋ/ verb (past tensepst and past participleppstung /stʌŋ/)
1of an insect, etc.昆蟲等的叮刺ADJECTIVE | VERB + STINGADJECTIVE➤nasty, painful, sharp嚴重的/引起疼痛的/引起劇痛的螫傷▸➤bee, scorpion, wasp, etc.蜜蜂、蠍子、黃蜂等的螫傷▸➤nettle蕁麻的刺傷▸➤deadly, fatal致命的螫針/螫傷VERB + STING➤have有螫針◇The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蠍子的螫針可以致命。➤get被蟄傷◇You can get a nasty sting from a jellyfish.你可能會被水母狠狠地蟄一下。➤give sb蟄某人一下▸➤feel感覺被蟄➤remove拔出螫針➤be allergic to對螫傷過敏◇She's allergic to bee stings.她對蜜蜂螫傷過敏。sting
noun²
2sharp pain劇痛ADJECTIVE | VERB + STINGADJECTIVE➤hot, sharp火辣辣的/劇烈的刺痛◇the hot sting of tears淚水引起的火辣辣的刺痛VERB + STING➤feel感覺刺痛◇He felt the sharp sting of the soap in his eyes.他感到了肥皂對眼睛的劇烈刺痛。sting
noun³
3 (especially NAmE) plan by police to catch criminals(警方為抓罪犯而設的)圈套ADJECTIVE | VERB + STING | STING + NOUNADJECTIVE➤undercover秘密的圈套➤FBI, police聯邦調查局的/警方的圈套➤drug為緝拿毒販而設的圈套VERB + STING➤mount, set up部署/安排圈套➤be arrested in, be caught by, be caught in被誘捕;中了圈套被抓◇She was arrested in an undercover sting operation.她被秘密誘捕。STING + NOUN➤operation誘捕行動