hornet

英 [ˈhɔːnɪt]

美 [ˈhɔːrnɪt]

n.  大黄蜂; 马蜂

复数：hornets　

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BNC.21224 / COCA.21471

习惯用语

n.

a hornets' nest
• 引起公愤的状况；困境
  a difficult situation in which a lot of people get very angry
• His letter to the papers stirred up a real hornets' nest .
  他给报界写的信着实引发了众怒。

牛津词典

noun

• 大黄蜂；马蜂
  a large wasp (= a black and yellow flying insect) that has a very powerful sting

柯林斯词典

• 大黄蜂;大胡蜂;马蜂
  Ahornetis a large wasp. Hornets live in nests and have a powerful sting.
• 一大堆麻烦;棘手的局面;马蜂窝
  If you say that someone has stirred upa hornet's nest, you mean that they have done something which has caused a lot of argument or trouble.

英英释义

noun

• large stinging paper wasp

双语例句

• The government stirred up a hornet's nest by changing the prices of the goods.
  政府更改了物价标准，因而激起了众怒。
• I thought my article was harmless, but I have stirred up a hornet's nest.
  我认为我的文章没有什么害处，但我却惹来麻烦。
• Harlan hid from the hornets he heard humming in the hollow hornet tree.
  哈兰躲开在大黄蜂树上发出嗡嗡声的大黄蜂。
• The Hornet Stings the Wound 60 Example Child Case Clinical Care Analysis
  大胡蜂、大黄蜂蜇伤60例儿童病例临床治疗分析
• The student made the teacher as mad as a hornet!
  学生们都快把老师给逼疯了。
• Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished.
  并且耶和华你神必打发黄蜂飞到他们中间，直到那剩下而藏躲的人从你面前灭亡。
• An area the size of the Hornet's flight deck was marked off on an airstrip and they practiced taking off time after time from this restricted space.
  在机场上标出了大黄蜂号甲板一样大小的一块地方，他们（机组人员）一次又一次地练习从这样一块有限的面积上起飞。
• Even the hornet is attracted to the sugar-pot.
  糖罐连黄蜂也能招来。
• And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
  我打发黄蜂飞在你们前面，将亚摩利人的二王从你们面前撵出，并不是用你的刀，也不是用你的弓。
• The hornet will probably launch about the same number.
  “大黄蜂”号也可派出同样多的飞机。