mayfly

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults.
    — While some animals take months to reproduce, mayfly need just one perfect day.
  2. Characterized by a short duration; short-lived. attributive,figuratively
    — Dipping a French fry in her tomato ketchup, she admits that her name recognition could be higher. But it did spike a year ago during the mayfly premiership of Liz Truss.

词形变化

mayflies plural mayfly plural

词汇关系

相关词
hatch

词源

From May + fly. Compare Saterland Frisian Moaifljooge (“blowfly”).
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