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

• If you are really angry you might say you are mad as a hornet.
  当你真的发怒时，你可以说你怒不可遏。
• Even the hornet is attracted to the sugar-pot.
  糖罐连黄蜂也能招来。
• One day, early in training camp, former Cavalier, Hornet and Milwaukee Buck Robert "Tractor" Traylor showed up at practice and told Turner he had signed with the team.
  一天，训练营开始时，前骑士、黄蜂、雄鹿球员“拖拉机”罗伯特。泰勒出现在训练中，并告诉特纳他已经和球队签约。
• The principal stirred up a hornet's nest by changing the rules at school.
  校长修改了校规，引起了校内一片愤。
• 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。
• For goodness sake, don't remind him of the unfortunate business that happened last year or you'll bring a hornet's nest about our ears.
  务必不要向他提及去年发生的不幸事件，否则你就会招惹麻烦的。
• The hornet will probably launch about the same number.
  “大黄蜂”号也可派出同样多的飞机。
• Any of various social wasps, such as the hornet, that builds papery nests from chewed wood pulp.
  例如大黄蜂等多种群居蜂中的任意一种，它们用吮吸的树木的浆后，建造极薄的蜂巢。
• 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。
• The student made the teacher as mad as a hornet!
  学生们都快把老师给逼疯了。