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

• 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。
• Jay Chou didn't receive good reviews for his movies, but he got more attention for his work in the Hollywood film "The Green Hornet" with American actress Cameron Diaz.
  周杰伦自己拍摄的电影没有获得好评，但是他在好莱坞影片《青蜂侠》中和卡梅隆-迪亚兹共同的演出赢得了更多关注。
• The student made the teacher as mad as a hornet!
  学生们都快把老师给逼疯了。
• You're the fabulous Hudson hornet!
  你就是传说中的哈德森赫奈特！
• 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。
• 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！
• One day, early in training camp, former Cavalier, Hornet and Milwaukee Buck Robert "Tractor" Traylor showed up at practice and told Turner he had signed with the team.
  一天，训练营开始时，前骑士、黄蜂、雄鹿球员“拖拉机”罗伯特。泰勒出现在训练中，并告诉特纳他已经和球队签约。
• 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。
• The hornet will probably launch about the same number.
  “大黄蜂”号也可派出同样多的飞机。
• 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。