Old English hyrnet, hurnitu "large wasp, beetle," probably from Proto-Germanic *hurz-nut- (cognates: Old Saxon hornut, Middle Dutch huersel, Dutch horzel, Old High German hornaz, German Hornisse "hornet"), from PIE imitative (buzzing) root *krs-, as preserved in Old Church Slavonic srusa, Lithuanian szirszu "wasp." On this theory, the English word (as well as German Hornisse) was altered by influence of horn, to suggest either "horner" (from the sting) or "horn-blower" (from the buzz). Compare also Old Saxon hornobero "hornet," literally "trumpeter."
实用例句
1. His criticisms of the president stirred up a hornet's nest.
他对董事长的批评造成众愤难平.
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2. A hornet stung me on the cheek.
一只大黄蜂叮了我的脸颊.
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3. His letter to the newspaper about racialism in schools has stirred up a real hornet's nest.
他给报纸写的关于学校中存在种族歧视现象的信件引起了很大的麻烦.
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4. The principal stirred up a hornet's nest by changing the school rules.
校长修改校规,引起师生的公愤.
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5. Bruce Lee acted in an American television series called The Green Hornet.
