bluebottle
n. 矢车菊, 反叶丽蝇 [医] 丽蝇类
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释义与例句
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1.
Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying.
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2.
A marine jellyfish of the genus Physalia, which includes Physalia physalis, the Portuguese man-of-war, and Physalia utriculus, the Pacific man-of-war; a man-of-war.
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3.
A cornflower, a plant that grows in grain fields, Centaurea cyanus, with blue flowers resembling bottles.
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4.
A blue ant, Diamma bicolor, a parasitic wasp native to Australia.
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Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium, also called triangles, etc.
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6.
A police officer.
澳大利亚 爱尔兰 英国 贬义 俚语 -
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A bluestocking.
贬义 废旧
词汇关系
同义词 2
上位词 2
词源
From blue + bottle, after the resemblance to shiny colored-glass bottles. In sense 3 (“cornflower”), via Middle English blewbothel. Sense 6 (“police officer”) is in reference to the colour of the uniform.
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