gnat

FREQ #38963

n. 小昆虫, 蚊子, 小烦扰 [医] 蚊, 蚋

发音

其它 /næt/

词形变化

gnats 复数 gnats

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.

    蚋

    蚊

  2. 2.

    An annoying person.

    非正式

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

mosquito dipteran dipteron

下位词 9

midge punky biting midge blackfly noseeum psychodid punkey punkie sandfly

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English gnat, from Old English gnætt (“gnat; midge; mosquito”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnatt, *gnattu, from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz, *gnattuz (“gnat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-, *gʰneHd- (“to gnaw; scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- (“to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind”). Cognate with Low German Gnatte (“gnat”), dialectal Swedish gnatt (“mosquito”), German Gnatz (“scabs; rash; scabies; stinginess”). Related also gnit and gnaw.

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