insect

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
    — Our shed has several insect infestations, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps.
  2. Any small, creeping, crawling, or slithering animal, excluding mammals, birds, and fish. archaic,broadly
    — Ambroſe Parey has a picture of the ſalamander, with a receipt for her bite; but there is no ſuch creature, the name being now given to a poor harmleſs inſect.
  3. Any small, creeping, crawling, or slithering animal, excluding mammals, birds, and fish.; An arthropod or invertebrate. archaic,broadly,specifically
    — The learned zoologiſt of our country concludes his labours in this ſcience by the preſent publication, which contains only cruſtaceous inſects, viz. crabs and lobſters, worms and ſhells.
  4. A contemptible or powerless person. derogatory
    — The manager’s assistant was the worst sort of insect.

词形变化

insects plural

词汇关系

近义词
bug insect
上位词
arthropod
下位词
ant antlion aphid barklouse bee beetle blackfly booklouse botfly bug butterfly caddisfly caterpillar chafer chigger cockroach cranefly cricket daddy-long-legs damselfly dobsonfly dragonfly dustywing earwig emmet firebrat fishfly flea fly fritillary gadfly grasshopper grig grub hellgrammite hornet horntail horsefly ichneumon fly katydid lacewing leafhopper locust louse maggot mantis mayfly mosquito moth no-see-um owlfly pismire punkie rock crawler sandfly sawfly scarab screwfly silverfish termite toadbug toebiter treehopper wasp webspinner weevil whitefly wireworm woodworm yellowjacket
衍生词
angel insect antiinsect beneficial insect coral insect deinsectization disinsect fig insect ghost insect insectageddon insectan insectarium insectdom insected insect hotel insect house insecticidal insecticide insectiferous insectiform insectile insectivore insectivorous insectkind insectless insectlike insectoid insectology insectophobe insectophobia insectotoxin insect powder insectproof insect repellent insect screen insect wax insecty lac insect leaf insect Lord Howe Island stick insect microinsect noninsect Persian insect powder scale insect social insect stick insect turtle-insect wax insect
相关词
arachnid arthropod beetle bug chafer coleopter entomology larva worm :Category:Insects

词源

Borrowed from Middle French insecte, from Latin īnsectum, from īnsectus (“cut into, cut up, with a notched or divided body”), from perfect passive participle of īnsecō (“to cut into, to cut up”), from in- + secō (“to cut”), from the notion that the insect's body is "cut into" three sections (head, thorax, abdomen). Calque of Ancient Greek ἔντομον (éntomon, “insect”), from ἔντομος (éntomos, “cut into pieces”).
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