Sting

Definition

sting /stÇŋ/ n ၁။ [C]အဆိပ္ဆူး။ the sting of a bee/ wasp ❍ The scorpion has a sting in its tail. ❍ SCORPION ၂။ [C] အဆိပ္ဆူး။ Nettles have a nasty sting. ၃။ [C] အဆိပ္ဆူး သင့္ျခင္း။ ပ်ားတုပ္ျခင္း။ That bee gave me a nasty sting. ❍ A jellyfish sting can be very painful. ❍ Her face was covered in wasp stings. ၄။ [C,U] စပ္ဖ်ဥ္းဖ်ဥ္းျဖစ္ျခင္း။ နာက်င္ျခင္း။ 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။ စူးသည္။ နာက်င္ေစသည္။ စပ္ သည္။ တုပ္သည္။ နာၾကည္းေစသည္။ 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။ က်ိန္းသည္။ စပ္သည္။ My eyes are stinging from the smoke. ❍ His knee stung from the graze. ၃။ ~ sb (to/ into sth/ doing sth) လံႈ႕ေဆာ္သည္။ ႏိႈးဆြသည္။ နင့္သီးသည္။ Their taunts stung him to action/into replying. ❍ He launched a stinging attack on the government . ၄။ ~ sb (for sth) ( injml ) နစ္နာသည္။ ထိခိုက္သည္။ ႐ိုက္သည္။ 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 ] ၾကာၾကာဝါးမွ ခါးမွန္း သိရ ေသာအရာ။ The Chancellor's budget gave encouragement to industry, but there was a sting in the tail—the promise of future tax increases.

Examples

1. He was stung by a wasp.
2. Some types of spider can sting.
3. My eyes were stinging with the salt in the water.
4. The smoke stung her eyes.
5. Stung by their recent defeat
6. the French are determined to win this time.
7. She was stung by her father’s criticism.
8. [be stung for something] : I was stung twenty quid for this CD.
9. How much did he sting you for this time?