sting /ˈstɪŋ/
 刺,刺痛,刺激,諷刺(vt.)刺,刺痛,刺激,使苦惱(vi.)刺,刺痛
 sting /ˈstɪŋ/ 動詞
 螫傷,螫針,刺毛
 Sting n.
 1. Zool. Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.
 2. Bot. A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it.
 3. Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.
    The sting of death is sin.   --1 Cor. xv. 56.
 4. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging. “The lurking serpent's mortal sting.”
 5. A goad; incitement.
 6. The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
 Sting moth Zool., an Australian moth (Doratifera vulnerans) whose larva is armed, at each end of the body, with four tubercles bearing powerful stinging organs.
 Sting ray. Zool. See under 6th Ray.
 Sting winkle Zool., a spinose marine univalve shell of the genus Murex, as the European species (Murex erinaceus). See Illust. of Murex.
 Sting, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stung (Archaic Stang ); p. pr. & vb. n. Stinging.]
 1. To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.
 2. To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite. “Slander stings the brave.”
 3. To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.
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 sting
      n 1: a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being
           stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of
           nettles" [syn: stinging]
      2: a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience" [syn: pang]
      3: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger
         into skin [syn: bite, insect bite]
      4: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a
         person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco
         game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence
         game, con game, gyp, hustle, flimflam]
      v 1: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun
           burned his face" [syn: bite, burn]
      2: deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" [syn: bite,
          prick]
      3: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They
         stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge
         tax bill" [syn: stick]
      4: cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [syn: prick,
          twinge]
      5: cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark
         stung her"
      [also: stung]