When the bee stings, an acid juice flows down the sting into the wound, and causes a smarting pain.

当蜜蜂叮咬敌人之后, 一种酸液就会沿着叮咬的地方进入伤口之中, 从而造成剧烈的疼痛。

She guessed that Dick, stung into alertness, would grow charming and would make Rosemary respond to him.

她猜迪克被刺激到警觉， 会变得迷人， 会让罗斯玛丽回应他。

" Athens is like a sluggish horse, " he is reputed to have said, " and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life."

据说，苏格拉底曾说：“雅典就像一匹驽马，而我就是一只不断叮它，让它具有活力的牛蝇。”