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单词 nettle
释义
nettle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnet.əl/us
/ˈnet̬.əl/
awildplantwith heart-shapedleavesthat arecoveredinhairsthatsting(=causeapainfulreactionwhentouched):
荨麻
stingingnettles刺人的荨麻
nettlesoup/tea荨麻汤／茶
picture of nettle
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Common plants
  • African violet
  • agave
  • aloe
  • aloe vera
  • anise
  • cow parsley
  • crabgrass
  • deadly nightshade
  • fenugreek
  • fern
  • poinsettia
  • pot plant
  • prickly pear
  • Queen Anne's lace
  • rubber plant
  • turves
  • Venus flytrap
  • wheat
  • wheatgrass
  • yucca
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nettle
verb[Toften passive]
mainlyUK
uk
/ˈnet.əl/us
/ˈnet̬.əl/
to make someoneannoyedorslightlyangry:
激怒，惹恼
Shelookedup at mesharply,clearlynettled by theinterruption.她抬起头狠狠地瞪着我，显然是被我插话打断她的举动激怒了。
Synonym
annoy
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
  • aggravate
  • aggrieve
  • alienate
  • anger
  • annoy
  • bend
  • get upsomeone'snoseidiom
  • givesomeonethe shitsidiom
  • go too faridiom
  • goat
  • grate
  • joke
  • nark
  • nose
  • rubsomeoneup the wrong wayidiom
  • ruffle
  • rufflesomeone'sfeathersidiom
  • setsomeone'steeth on edgeidiom
  • step/tread onsomeone'stoesidiom
  • tit
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(Definition ofnettlefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnettle

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Where some have attempted to ignore international structural changes, others, perhaps grudgingly, have accepted the need for change and grasped thenettleof internal adjustment.
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The editors conclude by asking why, in some countries, politicians have grasped the prioritysettingnettle, whilst in others they have failed to do so.
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However, they felt that this did not grasp thenettleof community division and conflict between the two sections of the working class.
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No one, especially not the police, realized the car was a mere fifty yards away, hiding in anettlepatch.
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Government policy is currently not succeeding precisely because it has not grasped thisnettle.
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Thenettlehad been grasped: the sting had not proved unbearable.
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He immediately commands attention by grasping thenettleof the difficulty that the lord feels in combining the apparently opposing demands on his natural gifts.
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One consequence is that gerontologists have fought shy of grasping the legalnettle.
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The author is not afraid to grasp various species ofnettle.
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Consider, for example, grasp thenettle.
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Not a singlenettlehas been firmly grasped.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Lastly, others, myself included, think and say that we must grasp thenettle.
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No-one wants to grasp thenettleand promote a fair distribution of the added value in the chain.
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A declaration that never managed to grasp thenettleand change the circumstances that could really make a difference to the poor people of the world.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Having reflected on it, it is clear to me that he will have to grasp a few nettles.
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