flynet

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A net to catch flies or used as a protection against flies, as in an open window to prevent their entrance.
    — The Pope declares me guilty of treason; he is using a flynet to catch an eagle.
  2. A fringe or net used to protect a horse from flies.
    — A small polished wooden rocking-horse, of about 1830, in the American Museum at Bath, wears a fly-net over its back. Other small horses may have this idea carried out in brush strokes.

词形变化

flynets plural fly-net alternative fly net alternative

词源

From Middle English *flynet, from Old English flēohnet, flēohnett (“flynet”), equivalent to fly + net. Compare Middle Dutch vlieghennet (“flynet”).
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