nettle

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

nettles

1.
Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
2.
Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
3.
Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
4.
Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.

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verb

V_es/s

nettles

V_ing/Gerund

nettling

V_ed/pp

nettled

1.
(transitive)Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.
The children were badly nettled after playing in the field.
2.
(figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English netle, netel, from Old English netle, netele, netel, from *natilā (cognate with netila, netele (modern netel), Nessel, Middle nædlæ nettle), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *natǭ (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net).