| 单词 | nettle |
| 释义 | nettle (once / 1725 pages) nv If you know what a nettle is—that is, a barbed seed that gets stuck in your clothes and hair—then you'll have no trouble remembering the verb nettle: it means to annoy, bother, irritate, or bedevil. A kid sister, a mosquito, an angry boyfriend, or a hot, muggy day: all of these are examples of things that might nettle a person. When you nettle someone, you act like a nettle; you annoy, bother, and generally tick off a person. The person who nettles you can be called nettlesome, which means that they're acting like a nettle. I find that the very sound of his voice nettles me. The sound alone makes me wish he would just shut up. WORD FAMILYnettle: nettled, nettles, nettlesome, nettling+/nettlesome: nettlesomely USAGE EXAMPLESNettles said that because local prosecutors were already seeking the death penalty for Roof, it was unnecessary for the federal government to do the same. Washington Post(Dec 06, 2016) Jennifer Nettles hosts this holiday music special for a seventh year. Seattle Times(Nov 28, 2016) Mr. Nettles otherwise declined to discuss the case. New York Times(Nov 26, 2016) 1n any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae) Hypo|Hyper Urtica dioica, stinging nettle perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs Roman nettle, Urtica pipuliferaannual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers Laportea canadensis, wood nettleAmerican perennial herb found in rich woods and provided with stinging hairs; provides fibers used for textiles Pilea pumilla, clearweed, dead nettle, richweeda plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves Pilea microphylla, artillery planttropical American stingless nettle that discharges its pollen explosively Pilea involucrata, friendship plant, panamica, panamigalow stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers weed any plant that crowds out cultivated plants 2v sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation Syn|Hyper urticate urticate whip with or as with nettles bite, burn, sting cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort 3v cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations Syn|Hypo|Hyper annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, rag, rile, vex chafe feel extreme irritation or anger get, get under one's skin irritate eat into, fret, grate, ranklegnaw into; make resentful or angry peevecause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful ruffletrouble or vex fretcause annoyance in beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provokeannoy continually or chronically antagonise, antagonizeprovoke the hostility of goad, needlegoad or provoke,as by constant criticism bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, tormenttreat cruelly hazeharass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions displease give displeasure to |
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