名詞 hornet:

1. large stinging paper wasp

1. His letter to the newspaper about racialism in schools has stirred up a real hornet's nest.
   他給報紙寫的關(guān)於學(xué)校中存在種族歧視現(xiàn)象的信件引起了很大的麻煩。

hor.net

n.（名詞）
Any of various large stinging wasps of the family Vespidae, chiefly of the generaVespa and Vespula, that characteristically build large papery nests.
胡蜂：黃蜂科，主要是胡蜂屬 和 大黃蜂屬 的一種有刺大黃蜂，這類黃蜂以修筑巨大的紙質(zhì)蜂巢為特點

來源：
Middle English hornet
中古英語 hornet
alteration probably influenced by horn [horn] * see horn
可能受 horn的影響 [角] *參見 horn
of hernet
hernet的變化
from Old English hyrnet * see ker-
源自 古英語 hyrnet *參見 ker-