hornet

英 [ˈhɔːnɪt]

美 [ˈhɔːrnɪt]

n.  大黄蜂; 马蜂

复数：hornets　

TOEFLTEM8

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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even the hornet is attracted to the sugar-pot.
  糖罐连黄蜂也能招来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The sixteen airplanes and their crews were placed on the aircraft carrier Hornet near San Francisco.
  十六架飞机和乘务员被安置在旧金山附近的大黄蜂航空母舰上。