nettle

🇺🇸 /ˈnetl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈnetl/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP20000
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.

蕁麻已經蔓延,現在覆蓋了半個花園,所以我不得不戴上手套將它們拔掉。

verb
R

To bother or annoy someone slightly.

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

我的話顯然使她不悅,因為之後她似乎非常不高興。

translation

n. 蕁麻
v. 激怒

詞形變化

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