Word
urticate
verb
用荨麻抽打
whip with or as with nettles
- 1.
To have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.
产生刺痛感,如荨麻或刺毛
产生刺痛感,如荨麻或刺毛；刺痛；诱发荨麻症；产生痒块
In use
The hairs on stinging nettles can urticate bare skin.
A young nettle urticated my hand when I tried to pull it out.
Don't touch that plant; it is urticating everyone who brushes against it.
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。
urticate (intransitive)
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。
Verb forms
base urticate · third person urticates · -ing urticating · past urticated · past participle urticated
Common mistakes
I got an urticate on my arm.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。
The nettle urticated me very much.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。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- urticates
- third person singular
- urticated
- past, past participle
- urticating
- present participle
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.