nettle

• vt. 剌激；惹惱；用蕁麻刺
• n. 蕁麻
• adj. 蕁麻科的

來自net,網。即織網的材料，用於指蕁麻。

nettle (n.)

stinging plant, Old English netele, from Proto-Germanic *natilon (cognates: Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele, Dutch netel, German Nessel, M.Da. nædlæ "nettle"), diminutive of *naton, perhaps from PIE root *ned- "to twist, knot" (see net (n.)). "[N]ettles or plants of closely related genera such as hemp were used as a source of fiber" [Watkins].

nettle (v.)

c. 1400, "to beat with nettles," from nettle (n.). Figurative sense of "irritate, provoke" is from 1560s. Related: Nettled; nettling.

Nettled. Teized, provoked, out of temper. He or she has pissed on a nettle; said of one who is pevish or out of temper. [Grose, "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1785]

1. The stinging nettle has a square stem and little hairs.

蕁麻長有四方莖和細小茸毛。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Nettle grows plentifully on any rich waste ground.

蕁麻在任何肥沃的荒地上都能茂盛地生長。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it.

謊言似蕁麻,玩弄會刺手.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. They are all heroes grasping the nettle.

他們都是迎著艱險上的英雄.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. And that is what Mr Pollet and Dr Nettle have done.

這正是Pollet先生 和Nettle博士所要解決的.

來自互聯網