bluebottle

n. 矢车菊, 反叶丽蝇 [医] 丽蝇类

发音

AU

词形变化

bluebottles 复数 bluebottles

别名

blue bottle blue-bottle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying.

  2. 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.

  3. 3.

    A cornflower, a plant that grows in grain fields, Centaurea cyanus, with blue flowers resembling bottles.

  4. 4.

    A blue ant, Diamma bicolor, a parasitic wasp native to Australia.

  5. 5.

    Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium, also called triangles, etc.

  6. 6.

    A police officer.

    澳大利亚 爱尔兰 英国 贬义 俚语
  7. 7.

    A bluestocking.

    贬义 废旧

词汇关系

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.

来源:wiktionary