hornet

FREQ #18726

n. 大黄蜂

发音

UK /ˈhɔː.nɪt/
其它
US /ˈhɔɹ.nɪt/

词形变化

hornets 复数 hornets

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any large wasp of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.

    大黄蜂

  2. 2.

    A person who pesters with petty but ceaseless attacks.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

vespid

下位词 2

bald-faced hornet yellowjacket

相关短语

hornet flies hornet fly Green Hornet mad as a hornet Asian giant hornet 大虎头蜂 sand hornet Japanese giant hornet green hornet bald-faced hornet [昆虫]白斑脸（或斑黄）胡蜂，白脸（或秃脸）大黄蜂 European hornet murder hornet oriental hornet Asian hornet paper hornet

词源

From Middle English hernet, from Old English hyrnetu, hyrnete, from Proto-West Germanic *hurnutu, from Proto-Germanic *hurznutō (compare German Hornisse), alteration of Proto-Germanic *hursulǭ (compare Dutch horzel), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂sro- (“hornet”, literally “the one with horns (antennae)”), from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) (compare Welsh creyryn (“gadfly”), Latin crābrō (“hornet”), Lithuanian širšė (“wasp”), Proto-Slavic *sьrxy (whence Old Church Slavonic сръшень (srŭšenĭ, “hornet”) and many others), Albanian grerë, grenzë (“wasp, hornet”)).

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