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

• The student made the teacher as mad as a hornet!
  学生们都快把老师给逼疯了。
• Sony Pictures recently tested "Green Hornet" in front of an audience and then asked attendees to fill out a ratings card.
  索尼公司于本周星期二在美国长滩举行了第一场《青蜂侠》的试映会，所有观影人都填写了一张评价卡。
• The hornet will probably launch about the same number.
  “大黄蜂”号也可派出同样多的飞机。
• In the southern city of Bangalore, Indian air force pilots have carried out sorties of two F18 "Super hornet" fighter jets manufactured by U.
  在南部城市班加罗尔，印度空军飞行员驾驶两架由美国波音公司制造的F-18超级大黄蜂战机进行了单机飞行。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even the hornet is attracted to the sugar-pot.
  糖罐连黄蜂也能招来。
• You're the fabulous Hudson hornet!
  你就是传说中的哈德森赫奈特！
• 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。
• 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！