biting

biting /'baitiɳ/
  • tính từ
    • làm cho đau đớn, làm buốt, làm nhức nhối; chua cay, đay nghiến
      • a biting wind: gió buốt
      • biting words: những lời nói làm cho người ta đau đớn, những lời đay nghiến, những lời chua cay
 sự cặp
 sự kẹp
  • biting of the rolls: sự kẹp chặt của các trục cán
    • Lĩnh vực: cơ khí & công trình
     sự móc vào

    Xem thêm: barbed, nipping, pungent, mordacious, bitter, morsel, bit, sting, insect bite, collation, snack, pungency, pungency, sharpness, raciness, chomp, seize with teeth, sting, burn, sting, prick



    biting

    Từ điển WordNet

      adj.

    • capable of wounding; barbed, nipping, pungent, mordacious

      a barbed compliment

      a biting aphorism

      pungent satire

    • causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; bitter

      bitter cold

      a biting wind

      n.

    • a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
    • a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; morsel, bit

      all they had left was a bit of bread

    • a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin; sting, insect bite
    • a light informal meal; collation, snack
    • (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait

      after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite

    • wit having a sharp and caustic quality; pungency

      he commented with typical pungency

      the bite of satire

    • a strong odor or taste property; pungency, sharpness, raciness

      the pungency of mustard

      the sulfurous bite of garlic

      the sharpness of strange spices

      the raciness of the wine

    • the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws; chomp
    • a portion removed from the whole

      the government's weekly bite from my paycheck

      v.

    • to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; seize with teeth

      Gunny invariably tried to bite her

    • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; sting, burn

      The sun burned his face

    • penetrate or cut, as with a knife

      The fork bit into the surface

    • deliver a sting to; sting, prick

      A bee stung my arm yesterday

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


    syn.: acid cutting sarcastic sharp sneering    bites|bit|biting|bitten
    syn.: nip pierce