emmet

FREQ #17310

n. 蚂蚁

发音

/ˈɛmɪt/

词形变化

emmets 复数 emmets

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An ant.

    古体 方言

    He told him that he saw a vast multitude and a promiscuous, their habitations like molehills, the men as emmets […]

    1666, Dr. Edmund King, Philosophical Transactions (1665-1678) Observations Concerning Emmets or Ants, Their Eggs, Production, Progress, Coming to Maturity, Use, &c

    What shall a Mote up to a Monarch rise? An Emmet match an Emperor in might?

  2. 2.

    A tourist.

    贬义

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

ant pismire

上位词 3

hymenopter hymenopteran hymenopteron

下位词 10

army ant carpenter ant driver ant fire ant legionary ant little black ant pharaoh ant slave ant slavemaker slave-making ant

相关短语

Emmet County four-legged emmet

词源

From Middle English emete, from Old English ǣmete, (bef. 12c) Doublet of ant.

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