[ I or T ] If an insect, plant, or animal stings, it produces a small but painful injury, usually with a poison, by brushing against the skin or making a very small hole in the skin.（昆虫、植物或动物）叮，刺，蜇

[ I or T ] to cause sharp but usually temporary pain引起刺痛，引起灼痛

[ I or T ] If someone's unkind remarks sting, they make you feel upset and annoyed.（伤害人的话）刺痛，使苦恼

[ T ] informal to charge someone a surprisingly large amount of money for something向…索要惊人高价；敲诈

[ C or S ] a sudden burning pain in your eyes, on your skin, etc., or the ability to cause such pain（眼睛、皮肤等的）灼痛，刺痛；蜇

[ S ] the feeling of being upset by something痛苦；刺痛，刺伤；刺激

[ C ] UK US stinger a pointed part of an insect, plant, or animal that goes through a person's or animal's skin and leaves behind poison（昆虫或动物的）刺，蜇刺，蜇针；（植物的）刺毛

[ C ] US a carefully planned and complicated plan which deceives people so that criminals can steal something 精心设计的偷窃行为

[ C ] mainly US a police action to catch criminals in which the police pretend to be criminals（警方为抓捕罪犯的）卧底（行动）

a very short animation (= film using moving drawings) used as a form of advertising for a brand (= product name), TV channel, etc. （用作产品或电视频道品牌宣传的）非常短小的动画