nettles

英 [ˈnetlz]

美 [ˈnetlz]

n. 荨麻
v. 使烦恼; 使生气
nettle的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

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。

Nettles are surprisingly good — much like spinach but with a sweetish taste.
没想到荨麻这么好吃——很像菠菜，但带了点甜味。
At such a time I found out for certain, that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard;
就在那时我才弄清楚，这一片长满荨麻的荒凉之地正是乡村的教堂墓地；
But somehow it was Kat that got stung by nettles.
但不知为何是凯特被荨麻给刺伤了。
Love is a fair garden, and marriage a field of nettles.
爱情是欢乐之园，婚姻是苦恼之地。
Watch out for those stinging nettles!
当心那些刺人的荨麻！
The other plants turned to nettles and weeds, and died.
其他的植物都变成了荆棘丛莽，或者枯死了。
Conclusion: This paper can provide scientific reference for further study of officinal nettles in Sichuan.
结论：为进一步研究荨麻提供了一定依据。
I stung myself on some nettles as I was sitting down.
我坐下的时候被一些荨麻刺痛了。
Knaves and nettles are akin; stroak, em kindly, yet they, ll sting.
无赖和荨麻，你轻摸也要被扎。
Objective: To study the resource of officinal nettles in Sichuan.
目的：弄清四川药用荨麻的资源情况。