| 词汇 | nettle |
| 释义 | nettle noun[ C ] uk /ˈnet.əl/ us /ˈnet̬.əl/ a wild plant with heart-shaped leaves that are covered in hairs that sting (= cause a painful reaction when touched): 荨麻 stinging nettles刺人的荨麻 nettle soup/tea荨麻汤／茶 jahmaica/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Common plants African violet agave aloe aloe vera alpine strawberry dianthus dichondra dieffenbachia dill weed dracaena liquorice loganberry maidenhair fern maize mandrake sorrel sotol sow thistle Spanish moss spearmint nettle verb[ Toften passive ] mainly UKuk /ˈnet.əl/ us /ˈnet̬.əl/ to make someone annoyed or slightly angry: 激怒，惹恼 She looked up at me sharply, clearly nettled by the interruption.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 Causing feelings of anger and displeasure aggravate aggrieve alienate anger annoy bend give someone the shitsidiom go too faridiom goat grate hack someone off nark rub rub someone up the wrong wayidiom ruffle ruffle someone's feathersidiom set someone's teeth on edgeidiom tit tooth troll Examples of nettlenettle Where some have attempted to ignore international structural changes, others, perhaps grudgingly, have accepted the need for change and grasped the nettle of internal adjustment. The editors conclude by asking why, in some countries, politicians have grasped the prioritysetting nettle, whilst in others they have failed to do so. However, they felt that this did not grasp the nettle of community division and conflict between the two sections of the working class. No one, especially not the police, realized the car was a mere fifty yards away, hiding in a nettle patch. Government policy is currently not succeeding precisely because it has not grasped this nettle. The nettle had been grasped: the sting had not proved unbearable. He immediately commands attention by grasping the nettle of the difficulty that the lord feels in combining the apparently opposing demands on his natural gifts. One consequence is that gerontologists have fought shy of grasping the legal nettle. The author is not afraid to grasp various species of nettle. Consider, for example, grasp the nettle. Not a single nettle has been firmly grasped. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Lastly, others, myself included, think and say that we must grasp the nettle. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English No-one wants to grasp the nettle and promote a fair distribution of the added value in the chain. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English A declaration that never managed to grasp the nettle and change the circumstances that could really make a difference to the poor people of the world. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Having reflected on it, it is clear to me that he will have to grasp a few nettles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of nettle 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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