louse

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n. 虱子, 寄生虫 [医] 虱

发音

UK /laʊs/

词形变化

lice 复数 lice louses louses 复数 loused louses 三单 lousing lousing 现在分词 loused 过去式 loused 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.

    虱子

    虱乸

  2. 2.

    A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.

    寄生虫

    非正式 过时

    It's then that those louses go back to their spouses. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

  3. 3.

    The currency sign ¤.

    俚语 计算机 工程 数学
v.
  1. 1.

    To remove lice from; to delouse.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

worm insect dirtball plant louse sucking louse

上位词 2

insect homopteran

下位词 10

crab aphid adelgid body louse chicken louse cootie crab louse grape-louse head louse jumping plant louse

相关短语

louse around louse up v. 弄糟, 毁坏; 搞坏, 弄糟, 办砸 louse fly [医] 虱蝇 louse flies louse trap louse traps head louse [医] 头虱 body louse [医] 体虱, 衣虱 crab louse [医] 阴虱 pubic louse [医] 阴虱 three skips of a louse sheep louse bark louse [网络] 树皮虱 sea louse [网络] 海虱；鱼虱；海水鱼虱 whale louse [网络] 鲸虱

词源

From Middle English lous, lows, lowse, from Old English lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-. See also West Frisian lûs, Dutch luis, German Low German Luus, German Laus; also Welsh llau (“lice”), Tocharian B luwo, maybe Sanskrit यूका (yūkā).

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