| 单词 | hornet |
| 释义 | hornet noun[C] uk/ˈhɔː.nɪt/us/ˈhɔːr.nət/alargewasp(=typeofflyinginsect)that can give you abadsting 大黄蜂 Barri Elford/EyeEm/GettyImages Insect names
hornet| American Dictionaryhornet noun[C] us/ˈhɔr·nɪt/alargeflyinginsectthat can give aseveresting Examplesofhornethornet Some might call it a hornet's nest (cliche or is it?). From theCambridge English Corpus To try to solve it today is stirring up a hornets' nest, and it had far better be allowed to remain untouched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If we go down that road, we will create a hornets’ nest. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English However much of a hornets' nest of danger the middle east may be, we have to keep our sights on that single message. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that he contemplated getting such a hornet's nest about his ears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When we come to consider charity law, we shall be in a hornet's nest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Now, wherever he comes down the parachutist comes down into a hornet's nest, as he will find. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it to be wondered, then, that this threat to the county should stir up a hornet's nest of fury? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The trouble should be put right at the beginning, by the preven- tion of wood hornets from descending into the pits and infesting them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I seem to have stirred up a not insubstantial hornets nest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Naturally we admire the courage of the rapporteur, who is as it were sticking his hand into a hornets' nest. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English It only goes to show what a hornets' nest may arise from the most innocent observations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me to be putting your hand into a hornets' nest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He will find, in fact, that by this proposal he has raised something like a hornets' nest all over the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You will have a more bitter hornet's nest than you have had in the past if you pass over the landless men. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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