cootie

n. 虱子 [医] 体虱

发音

AU /ˈkuːti/

词形变化

cooties 复数 cooties

别名

cooty

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A louse (Pediculus humanus).

    加拿大 美国 非正式 过时 俚语 政治 军事
  2. 2.

    Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).

    澳大利亚 加拿大 美国 非正式

    I’m not drinking from his glass until I wash the cooties off it.

  3. 3.

    A nest-building female American coot (counterpart to cooter).

    罕用
  4. 4.

    A sideswiper, a type of telegraph key.

    罕用 俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

body louse

上位词 2

louse sucking louse

相关短语

cootie catcher 东南西北 cootie catchers Cootie Brown Cooter Brown crazy as a cootie bug crazy as a cootie

词源

Probably from Malay kutu (“flea, louse”) (and/or Tagalog/Māori). First attested in English in 1917 as British army slang during World War I.

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