nettle

英 [ˈnetl]

美 [ˈnetl]

n. 荨麻
v. 使烦恼; 使生气

复数：nettles　过去式：nettled　过去分词：nettled　现在分词：nettling　第三人称单数：nettles　

Collins.1 / BNC.11428 / COCA.17834

习惯用语

grasp the nettle

noun

荨麻
a wild plant with leaves that have pointed edges, are covered in fine hairs and sting if you touch them

verb

使烦恼；使生气
to make sb slightly angry
1. My remarks clearly nettled her.
  我的话显然惹恼了她。

N-COUNT 荨麻
Nettlesare wild plants which have leaves covered with fine hairs that sting you when you touch them.
1. The nettles stung their legs.
  荨麻扎了他们的腿。
2. ...numerous clumps of stinging nettles dotted across the meadow.
  数不清的一簇簇扎人的荨麻遍布整片草地。
VERB 惹恼;冒犯
If youare nettledby something, you are annoyed or offended by it.
1. He was nettled by her manner...
  她的举止惹恼了他。
2. It was the suggestion that he might alter course to win an election that really nettled him.
  是那条让他改变策略以赢得选举的建议惹恼了他。
PHRASE 迎难而上;知难而进;大胆抓棘手问题
If yougrasp the nettle, you deal with a problem, or do something that is unpleasant, quickly and in a determined way.
1. Some industrialists believe the government should grasp the nettle of devaluation before the referendum takes place.
  一些实业家认为政府应该在全民公决前果断出手解决棘手的货币贬值问题。

noun

any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

verb

cause annoyance in
1. Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
2. It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
Synonym:annoyragget tobotherget atirritaterilenarkgravelvexchafedevil
sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
Synonym:urticate

The stinging nettle has a square stem and little hairs.
荨麻长有四方茎和细小茸毛。
He threw aside the speech long drafted on domestic questions and social service, and grasped the nettle.
他把早就拟好的国内问题和社会福利问题的讲稿抛到一边，勇敢地站起来与困难搏斗。
Nettle leaves nourish mother and fetus, diminish pain during and after birth and prevent hemorrhage.
荨麻能滋润母亲和胎儿、到减轻分娩时的痛楚和防止经血过多。
A boy was playing in the fields when he was stung by a nettle.
男孩和荨麻有个男孩子在地里玩耍，被荨麻刺痛了。
When the nettle is young, the leaf makes an excellent vegetable;
荨麻在嫩时，叶子是一种非常好吃的蔬菜。
Don't waste too much time talking, after all we have to grasp the nettle.
别浪费时间聊天了。无论如何我们得迎着困难上。
They are all heroes grasping the nettle.
他们都是迎着艰险上的英雄。
It was the suggestion that he might alter course to win an election that really nettled him.
是那条让他改变策略以赢得选举的建议惹恼了他。
To sting with or as if with a nettle.
刺用或好象用荨麻刺。
We've got to grasp the nettle of prison reform.
我们得抓一抓监狱改革这个棘手的问题。