sting

sting /stÇŋ/ n

၁။ [C]အဆိပ်ဆူး။ the sting of a bee/ wasp
❍ The scorpion has a sting in its tail. ❍ SCORPION
၂။ [C] အဆိပ်ဆူး။ Nettles have a nasty sting.
၃။ [C] အဆိပ်ဆူး သင့်ခြင်း။ ပျားတုပ်ခြင်း။ That bee gave me a nasty sting. ❍ A jellyfish sting can be very painful. ❍ Her face was covered in wasp stings.
၄။ [C,U] စပ်ဖျဉ်းဖျဉ်းဖြစ်ခြင်း။ နာကျင်ခြင်း။ ointment to take the sting out of a burn ❍ the sting of the wind in his face ❍ the sting of remorse/ jealousy.
v (pt, pp stung / stʌŋ/)
၁။ စူးသည်။ နာကျင်စေသည်။ စပ် သည်။ တုပ်သည်။ နာကြည်းစေသည်။ a stinging blow/ wind ❍ Not all nettles sting. ❍ I put some antiseptic on the cut and it really stung. ❍ A bee stung me on the cheek. ❍ The smoke is stinging my eyes. ❍ He was stung (ie deeply upset) by their insults.
၂။ ကျိန်းသည်။ စပ်သည်။ My eyes are stinging from the smoke. ❍ His knee stung from the graze.
၃။ ~ sb (to/ into sth/ doing sth) လှုံ့ဆော်သည်။ နှိုးဆွသည်။ နင့်သီးသည်။ Their taunts stung him to action/into replying. ❍ He launched a stinging attack on the government.
၄။ ~ sb (for sth) (injml) နစ်နာသည်။ ထိခိုက်သည်။ ရိုက်သည်။ Millions of home-owners may be stung for more tax. ❍ How much did they sting you for?
❏ stinging-nettle n = NETTLE n
❏ a sting in the tail [IDM ] ကြာကြာဝါးမှ ခါးမှန်း သိရ သောအရာ။ The Chancellor's budget gave encouragement to industry, but there was a sting in the tail—the promise of future tax increases.