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

They are all heroes grasping the nettle.
他们都是迎着艰险上的英雄。
A Study on Breeding of Griseofulvin Producing Strain ( Penicillium Urticae Bainier) by Genome Shuffling; nettle rash
利用基因组改组技术对灰黄霉素产生菌&荨麻青霉进行改良的研究
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。
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。
But somebody had to walk through the nettle patch.
可是必须有人穿越那荆棘的小道。
A boy playing in the fields got stung by a nettle, He ran home to his mother, telling her that he had but touched that nasty weed, and it had stung him.
一个男孩在野外玩耍，被荨麻刺了一下。他跑回家对母亲说，他不过碰了碰那棵讨厌的杂草，就被它刺痛了。
He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
轻握荨麻者最快被刺。
You will always find some ( poison) on nettle wine's left side;
荨麻酒的左边一定有毒药。
It might sound like something you wouldn't want to drink, but nettle tea was popular this year for its anti-inflammatory properties and high vitamin content.
这个名字可能听起来你不想喝它，但是，荨麻茶是今年流行的抗发炎的特效饮料以及它具有高维生素的含量。
And what is required for the nettle?
并且荨麻需要什么呢？