nettle

🇺🇸 /ˈnetl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈnetl/
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noun
R

A plant with leaves that have little stingers on them, which can make you feel a stinging pain if you touch them.

The nettles had spread and now covered half the garden, so I had to wear gloves to pull them out.

荨麻已经蔓延,现在覆盖了半个花园,所以我不得不戴上手套将它们拔掉。

verb
R

To bother or annoy someone slightly.

My remarks clearly nettled her, as she seemed quite upset afterwards.

我的话显然使她不悦,因为之后她似乎非常不高兴。

translation

n. 荨麻
v. 激怒

词形变化

3rd Present nettles
Past nettled
Perfect nettled
Progressive nettling
Plural nettles