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
- 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。 - You're the fabulous Hudson hornet!
你就是传说中的哈德森赫奈特！ - It is truly incredible that even a hornet could thus recognize a living enlightened master!
连一只蜜蜂也认得在世明师，真是不可思议！ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - In the vernacular it can mean a sting of a bee, wasp, hornet, or yellow jacket.
通俗来说，它可能是一只蜜蜂、黄蜂、大黄蜂或者黄夹克。 - 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。