mosquito

英 [mə'skiːtəʊ] 美 [mə'skiːtoʊ]

• n. 蚊子

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]蚊子

   a small flying insect that sucks the blood of people and animals

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 蚊子
2. 蚊科（Culicidae）昆虫

英英释义

Noun:

1. two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The mosquito is the disgusting thing.
   蚊子是讨厌的东西。
2. Mosquitoes like to suck the blood of people and animals.
   蚊子喜好吸人和动物的血。
3. The mosquito is a transmitter of disease.
   蚊子能传播疾病。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Mosquitoes carry disease.
   蚊子会传播疾病。
2. One type of mosquito can cause malaria.
   有种蚊子叮人后人会患疟疾。
3. A swarm of mosquitoes fly into the room.
   成群的蚊子飞进房间。

经典引文

• They came back, sunburned and full of mosquito bites.

  出自： attrib.

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

knee-high to a mosquito

幼小的孩子a little child

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• drive off mosquitos 驱赶蚊子
• smoke out mosquitoes 用烟把蚊子熏出去

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. 表示成群的蚊子时,可用a swarm of mosquitoes。

词源解说

• ☆ 16世纪80年代进入英语，直接源自西班牙语的mosca，意为苍蝇。

近反义词

【近义词】

• insect 昆虫