nettle

名词 n. 动词 v.
发音 nĕt'(ə)l

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.; Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles:; Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle),
  2. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.; Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles:; Urtica incisa (Australian nettle);
  3. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.; wood nettle (Laportea canadensis);
  4. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.; bull nettles and spurge nettles (Cnidoscolus spp.):; bull nettle, spurge nettle (Cnidoscolus stimulosus)
  5. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.; bull nettles and spurge nettles (Cnidoscolus spp.):; Texas bull nettle (Cnidoscolus texanus),
  6. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.; bull nettles and spurge nettles (Cnidoscolus spp.):; bull nettle (Cnidoscolus urens),
  7. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.; nettle trees or tree nettles:; Various species of the genus Dendrocnide
  8. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.; nettle trees or tree nettles:; Various species of the genus Dendrocnide:; small-leaved nettle (Dendrocnide photinophylla).
  9. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.; nettle trees or tree nettles:; scratchbush (Urera baccifera)
  10. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.; nettle trees or tree nettles:; tree nettle (Urtica ferox);
  11. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.; rock nettles (Eucnide spp.);
  12. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:; ball nettle (Solanum carolinense);
  13. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:; bull nettle, silver-leaf nettle, white horse-nettle (Solanum elaeagnifolium);
  14. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:; western horse-nettle, robust horse-nettle (Solanum dimidiatum);
  15. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:; horse-nettle (Solanum rostratum);
  16. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:; hackberries (Celtis spp.).
  17. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:; dead nettles, dumb nettles (Lamium spp.), particularly Lamium album, white nettle;
  18. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:; false nettles (Boehmeria spp., family Urticaceae);
  19. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:; flame nettles or painted nettles (Coleus spp.);
  20. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:; hedge nettles (Stachys spp.);
  21. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:; hemp nettles (Galeopsis spp.);
  22. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:; horse nettle Agastache urticifolia,
  23. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:; nilgiri nettles, Himalayan giant nettles (Girardinia diversifolia, family Urticaceae spp.).
  24. Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.
动词 v.
  1. Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone. transitive
    — The children were badly nettled after playing in the field.
  2. To pique, irritate, vex or provoke. figuratively,transitive
    — [T]his is no lavv unto the vvoof of the neat Retiarie Spider, vvhich ſeems to vveave vvithout tranſverſion, and by the union of right lines to make out a continued ſurface, vvhich is beyond the common art of Textury, and may ſtill nettle Minerva the Godeſſe of that myſtery.

词形变化

nettles plural nettles present,singular,third-person nettling participle,present nettled participle,past nettled past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English netle, netel, from Old English netle, netele, netel, from Proto-West Germanic *natilā (cognate with Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele (modern Dutch netel), German Nessel, Middle Danish nædlæ (“nettle”)), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *natǭ (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net).
词源 2
From Middle English netle, netel, from Old English netle, netele, netel, from Proto-West Germanic *natilā (cognate with Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele (modern Dutch netel), German Nessel, Middle Danish nædlæ (“nettle”)), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *natǭ (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net).
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