hornet

英 [ˈhɔːnɪt]

美 [ˈhɔːrnɪt]

n.  大黄蜂; 马蜂

复数：hornets　

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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

• Even the hornet is attracted to the sugar-pot.
  糖罐连黄蜂也能招来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You're the fabulous Hudson hornet!
  你就是传说中的哈德森赫奈特！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• When my father sees the dent in his fender, he'll be mad as hornet.
  我父亲看到汽车挡泥板上的凹痕时，他一定会发怒的。