urticate sb/sth
及物动词，可字面或比喻使用。
The gardener urticated the thief with nettles.
园丁用荨麻鞭打小偷。
产生刺痛感,如荨麻或刺毛；刺痛；诱发荨麻症；产生痒块
whip with or as with nettles
产生刺痛感,如荨麻或刺毛
To have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.
一般现在时
Nettles urticate the skin.
荨麻刺痛皮肤。
The hairs on stinging nettles can urticate bare skin.
荨麻上的刺毛会使裸露的皮肤产生刺痛。
用法提示：此处 urticate 是及物动词，表示“刺痛”或“使皮肤产生刺痛感”。
A young nettle urticated my hand when I tried to pull it out.
我试图把那棵荨麻拔掉时，它刺痛了我的手。
用法提示：此句中 urticated 是 urticate 的过去式，作及物动词，表示“刺痛”。
Don't touch that plant; it is urticating everyone who brushes against it.
别碰那棵植物；它正刺痛每一个擦到它的人。
用法提示：此处 is urticating 是现在进行时，urticate 作及物动词，表示“刺痛”。
及物动词，可字面或比喻使用。
The gardener urticated the thief with nettles.
园丁用荨麻鞭打小偷。
不及物，多用于医学语境。
The caterpillar's hairs urticate on contact.
毛毛虫的毛发接触后会引发刺痛。
grammar · medium
易错句子I got an urticate on my arm.
正确表达I got an urticaria on my arm.
Urticate 是动词，表示动作，而 urticaria 是名词，表示荨麻疹症状。中文中可能混淆动词和名词形式。
grammar · medium
易错句子The nettle urticated me very much.
正确表达The nettle stung me very much.
Urticate 不常用作及物动词表示‘刺痛某人’，更常见的说法是 sting。学习者可能直接套用中文‘刺痛’的用法。
发音相似，但urticate意为“用荨麻刺痛或鞭打”，urinate意为“排尿”
意思相近，但urticate特指用荨麻刺痛或鞭打，irritate泛指刺激或使烦躁
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