hornet
英 [ˈhɔːnɪt]
美 [ˈhɔːrnɪt]
n. 大黄蜂; 马蜂
复数:hornets
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
- His reform scheme had failed so miserably that perhaps he felt he ought not raise a hornet's nest about his head so soon after the troubles he had gone through.
他的改革计划已彻底失败,也许他觉得在他刚刚遭到挫败之后不应该再使自己成为众矢之的。 - Bruce Lee acted in an American television series called@ the green hornet.
李小龙在美国电视剧《清蜂侠》中演出。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Martin was elated-so elated that when he recollected that THE HORNET owed him fifteen dollars for "The Peri and the Pearl," he decided forthwith to go and collect it.
马丁飘飘然了,他想起《大黄蜂》还欠他十五块钱《仙女与珍珠》的稿费,决定如法炮制。 - 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 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。 - Jane can getas mad as a hornet when someone criticizes her.
当有人批评简的时候,她就很生气。 - Stephen Chow was previously attached to direct and star in the upcoming Seth Rogen film "The Green Hornet," but ended up leaving due to a difference of opinion.
周星驰曾想要导演和主演塞思的电影“青蜂侠”,但由于意见分歧最终离开。