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多用于比喻精神上的痛苦或伤害。
He felt the sting of her criticism.
他感受到了她的批评带来的刺痛。
螫针；毒刺；刺痛；灼痛；（情感上的）刺痛；痛苦；诱捕行动；卧底圈套；（植物的）刺毛；蜇毛
A wound, mark, or the act of stinging caused by an insect or arachnid, often with venom.
被蜇后皮肤上留下的肿块
A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
在桌面角色扮演游戏中讲故事,尤其是白狼出版的游戏
Storytelling in the context of a tabletop role-playing game, especially one published by White Wolf.
一种疼痛；像被蜇一样突然而痛苦的感觉。
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
昆虫或蜘蛛攻击时留下的刺伤,通常注入毒液
A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
精神上的痛苦或苦恼。
a mental pain or distress
昆虫或蛛形纲动物用于攻击的尖刺
A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
昆虫螫针刺入皮肤所造成的疼痛伤口。
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
主要在表皮上的尖锐局部疼痛
A sharp, localized pain primarily on the epidermis.
长在腺体上的尖锐中空毛,分泌刺激性液体,如荨麻
A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
刺入肉中的刺；刺伤的行为；刺伤造成的伤口
The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
警方假装参与犯罪活动以抓捕罪犯的行动
A police operation in which the police pretend to engage in criminal activity in order to catch a criminal.
喜剧表演中鼓手用来强调笑点的短促打击乐段
A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
电影、电视和电子游戏中用作场景标点或识别广播电台的简短音乐片段
A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station.
风洞模型的支撑,与气流平行延伸
A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
某事物的有害或痛苦部分
The harmful or painful part of something.
刺激；激励
A goad; incitement.
警句或讽刺话语的结尾要点
The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
The bee left a painful sting on my arm.
蜜蜂在我胳膊上留下了一个疼痛的蜇痕。
用法提示：sting 是名词，指被蜇后留下的伤痕。
AI contextual example
A wasp sting can swell up quickly.
黄蜂蜇伤会很快肿起来。
用法提示：sting 作名词，表示被蜇后造成的伤口。
AI contextual example
I put ice on the sting to reduce the pain.
我把冰敷在蜇伤处来减轻疼痛。
用法提示：sting 指被蜇后皮肤上的伤处。
AI contextual example
多用于比喻精神上的痛苦或伤害。
He felt the sting of her criticism.
他感受到了她的批评带来的刺痛。
指皮肤上被蜇后留下的肿块或伤口，用 on 引出部位。
She has a red sting on her arm.
她手臂上有一处红肿的蜇伤。
用 from 引出造成蜇伤的昆虫或动物。
The sting from the bee swelled up quickly.
蜜蜂的蜇伤很快肿了起来。
指警方为抓捕罪犯而设的诱捕行动，targeting 后接目标。
The police set up a sting targeting the drug dealers.
警方设下了一个针对毒贩的诱捕行动。
比 sting 更强烈、更突然，常指一阵阵的痛，也可用于内心痛苦（如 a pang of guilt）；不能用来指被蜇后留下的伤口。
程度比 sting 轻，持续时间很短，多指肌肉或关节的刺痛，也可指情感上的一丝内疚；不如 sting 尖锐。
比 sting 更剧烈、更突然，常搭配 of（a stab of pain），不用于描述昆虫蜇伤那种持续性的灼痛。
程度很轻、瞬间即逝，多指被针或刺碰到的那种感觉，不如 sting 强；也可指内心的一丝不悦。
作名词时较书面/正式，强调伤口或皮肤受刺激后的灼痛感；sting 更口语、更常用。
grammar · medium
易错句子After I walked through the nettles, there was sting on my leg.
正确表达After I walked through the nettles, there was a sting on my leg.
sting 表示“一处蜇伤（肿块/伤口）”时是可数名词，单数形式前必须加不定冠词 a/an。汉语没有冠词系统，所以中国学习者常漏掉 a；补上 a 才符合英语可数名词单数不能“裸用”的规则。
grammar · medium
易错句子The wasps left several sting on his back.
正确表达The wasps left several stings on his back.
several 只能修饰可数名词复数，sting 的复数是 stings。汉语名词不随数量改变形式，因此容易忘记加 -s；只有改成 stings 才能与 several 在数上保持一致。
grammar · medium
易错句子A bee gave me a bite on the neck while I was in the garden.
正确表达A bee gave me a sting on the neck while I was in the garden.
英语中蜜蜂、黄蜂这类用尾部刺蜇人的昆虫，其动作和留下的伤用 sting；bite 专指用嘴咬，通常用于蚊子、跳蚤等。汉语“被蜜蜂咬/叮”容易被直译成 bite，但此处应改用 sting。
针对sting的“刺痛；痛苦”含义，pleasure为直接反义（与痛苦相对）。
针对sting的“刺痛；痛苦”含义，comfort侧重消除痛苦后的安抚状态。
针对sting的“刺痛；痛苦”含义，relief指痛苦或不适的减轻或解除。
蜜蜂蜇伤
A bee sting can be very painful.
蜜蜂蜇伤可能非常疼。
黄蜂蜇伤
Wasp stings usually cause swelling.
黄蜂蜇伤通常会引起肿胀。
诱捕行动
Police set up a sting operation to catch the thief.
警方设下诱捕行动来抓那个小偷。
减轻某事的痛苦
His apology took the sting out of her anger.
他的道歉减轻了她的怒火。
结尾的意外（尤指不快的）
The movie had a sting in its tail.
这部电影结尾有一个出人意料的转折。
蜜蜂是常见的蜇人昆虫，与 sting 常出现在被蜇的话题中。
黄蜂也会蜇人，和 sting 同属昆虫叮咬的语义场景。
sting 常指昆虫注入毒液造成的刺伤，毒液是其中的关键元素。
被蜇后皮肤常出现肿胀，与 sting 的伤口反应密切相关。
被蜇后的伤口常伴有瘙痒感，是 sting 话题中的常见症状。
（故事、提议等）出人意料的坏结局
The contract has a sting in the tail: a huge penalty clause.
这份合同有个让人意外的坏条款：一条巨额罚金条款。
缓和，减轻…的不快
Apologizing might take the sting out of the criticism.
道歉也许能减轻批评带来的刺痛。
（警察的）诱捕行动
The police set up a sting operation to catch the thief.
警方设了一个诱捕行动来抓那个小偷。
死啊，你的毒钩在哪里？
This biblical quote from 1 Corinthians 15:55, often read at funerals, uses 'sting' to mean the painful, harmful aspect of death.
这节出自《哥林多前书》15:55 的圣经经文常在葬礼上被诵读，用“刺”来指代死亡中痛苦、有害的一面。
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感到刺痛
She felt a sharp sting on her arm.
她感到手臂上一阵剧痛。