Stinging

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sting

(a.) Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke.

杰西卡校对

• Only once she cried aloud, at the stinging thought of the faithlessness which gave birth to that abasing falsehood. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• It was a stinging pleasure to be in the room with her, and feel her presence. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• They swaggered up and down the almost deserted pier, and hurled curses, obscenity, and stinging sarcasms at our crew. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• And then the stinging fear of surviving either of you, is not here--one death will clasp us undivided. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I leaned forward in the dark to kiss her and there was a sharp stinging flash. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Even her hard words, reproachful as they were, were complimentary--the groans of a person stinging under defeat. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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