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

• Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished.
  并且耶和华你神必打发黄蜂飞到他们中间，直到那剩下而藏躲的人从你面前灭亡。
• 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。
• 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。
• Stephen Chow was previously attached to direct and star in the upcoming Seth Rogen film "The Green Hornet," but ended up leaving due to a difference of opinion.
  周星驰曾想要导演和主演塞思的电影“青蜂侠”，但由于意见分歧最终离开。
• 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 hornet will probably launch about the same number.
  “大黄蜂”号也可派出同样多的飞机。
• 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。
• 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。
• You're the fabulous Hudson hornet!
  你就是传说中的哈德森赫奈特！
• The student made the teacher as mad as a hornet!
  学生们都快把老师给逼疯了。