nettle
/ˈnetl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈnetl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈne-tᵊl/ (ame, mw) · /ˈnet.əl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈnet̬.əl/ (ame, ipa)
nettle — 名詞
- nettlesingular
- nettlesplural
1. a common wild plant whose jagged leaves are lined with fine hairs, so brushing a
蕁麻
碰到會刺痛皮膚的野生植物
a common wild plant whose jagged leaves are lined with fine hairs, so brushing against it makes the skin burn and prickle
Lakshmi brushed past a nettle and felt her ankle burn at once.
Lakshmi 不小心擦過蕁麻，腳踝立刻有灼痛感。
brush past a nettle / skin reaction
The path behind the shed was thick with nettles by late summer.
小屋後方的小路到了夏末長滿了蕁麻。
Yara wore gloves before pulling the nettles from the edge of the pond.
Yara 在池塘邊拔蕁麻前先戴上手套。
Ada cooked young nettle leaves into soup after washing them carefully.
Ada 把嫩蕁麻葉仔細洗淨後拿來煮湯。
- stinging nettle
the fuller everyday name, especially when you want to stress the painful hairs
- urtica
the botanical genus name, used in scientific contexts rather than daily speech
用法筆記
Usually countable when talking about one plant or a patch of plants. In practical contexts, speakers often mention touching, pulling, or cooking nettles rather than naming the species formally.
常見錯誤
nettle — 動詞
- nettlepresent simple I / you / we / they
- nettles3rd person singular
- nettling-ing form
- nettledpast simple
1. to make someone feel suddenly annoyed, especially because of a slight, a delay,
惹惱；惱火
讓人因小事或失禮而不快
to make someone feel suddenly annoyed, especially because of a slight, a delay, or an unfair remark
Elise was nettled by the clerk's rude laugh when asking for help.
店員在 Elise 求助時發出的無禮笑聲惹惱了她。
passive: be nettled by + action
Joao felt nettled that his idea was ignored during the budget meeting.
自己的點子在預算會議上被忽視，讓 Joao 很惱火。
feel nettled that-clause
Ari's teasing smile nettled Gabriel long after the dinner had ended.
Ari 那帶著戲弄意味的笑，讓 Gabriel 在晚餐後仍很惱火。
The unfair comment about Jabari's accent nettled everyone at the table.
那句關於 Jabari 口音的不公平評論惹惱了桌邊的每一個人。
文法句型
nettle + object
be nettled by + noun phrase
feel nettled that-clause
用法筆記
Often appears in the passive or after feel. It usually refers to prickly annoyance caused by a slight, a smug attitude, or being treated unfairly, not to full open rage.
常見錯誤
2. to make a person's skin feel a sharp prickly pain, as if it had brushed against
刺痛
像碰到蕁麻般引起刺痛
to make a person's skin feel a sharp prickly pain, as if it had brushed against stinging hairs
The rough wool scarf nettled Olivia's neck during the windy ferry ride.
粗羊毛圍巾在多風的渡船上刺痛了 Olivia 的脖子。
something nettles + body part
Sea spray nettled Hui's cracked lips as the boat hit the waves.
船身撞上浪頭時，海上的鹽霧刺痛了 Hui 乾裂的嘴唇。
Dry grass nettled James's bare ankles on the walk back from the beach.
從海灘走回來的路上，乾草刺痛了 James 光著的腳踝。
The damp bandage nettled Imani's skin until the nurse changed it.
潮濕的繃帶一直刺痛 Imani 的皮膚，直到護士替她更換。
- soothe
to reduce or calm a painful skin sensation
文法句型
nettle + object
something nettles + body part
用法筆記
This sense is literary and much less common than the emotional sense. The subject is usually cloth, grass, salt, or spray, and the object is the skin or a body part that feels the prickling pain.