chigger

n. 恙螨 [医] 恙螨, 沙螨, 沙虱, 恙虫

发音

AU /ˈt͡ʃɪɡɚ/

词形变化

chiggers 复数

别名

chigga

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.

  2. 2.

    A harvest mite (Trombiculidae spp.), a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intense itching.

  3. 1.

    An East Asian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypical urban African American.

    美国 贬义 冒犯 俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

jigger chigoe chigoe flea harvest mite redbug

上位词 2

flea trombiculid

词源

From chigoe, likely from a Cariban language term such as Kari'na siko (“chigoe”) (early recorded variant chico), from Proto-Cariban *tikô.

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