Sting
noun
- 1.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ការឈឺចាប់, យកថ្លៃឈ្មួលខ្ពស់ហួស
- 2.
- (1. The act of stinging. 2. The wound or pain caused by or as if by stinging. 3. A sharp, piercing organ or part, often ejecting a venomous secretion, as the modified ovipositor of a bee or wasp or the spine of certain fishes) ការទិច, sting of his words ការឈឺ, sting of his blow ដំណើរឈឺ
verb — past tense: Stung ; past participle: Stung ; present participle: Stinging ; 3rd person singular present Stings
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to prick or wound with a sting, to cause sharp sudden smarting pain to) bees sting people ទិច, (His words) sting (me) ធ្វើអោយឈឺចាប់ (Smoke) stings (the eyes) ធ្វើអោយផ្សា
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
- 2.
- A goad; incitement.
- 3.
- The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
- 4.
- 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.
verb — past tense: Stung ; past participle: Stung ; present participle: Stinging ; 3rd person singular present Stings
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.