maggot

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n. 狂想, 空想, 蛆 [医] 蛆

发音

/ˈmæɡət/
US /ˈmeɪ̯ɡət/
CA /ˈmeɪ̯ɡət/

词形变化

maggots 复数 maggots maggoted maggoting maggots 三单 maggoting 现在分词 maggoted 过去式 maggoted 过去分词 more maggot 比较级 most maggot 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

蛆；空想，狂想

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.

    蛆

    蛴

  2. 2.

    A worthless person.

    贬义 俚语

    Drop and give me fifty, maggot.

  3. 3.

    A whimsy or fancy.

    空想

    古体 方言
  4. 4.

    A fan of the American metal band Slipknot.

    俚语
  5. 5.

    Alternative form of MAGAt.

    美国 贬义 冒犯 俚语 政治
v.
  1. 1.

    To rid (an animal) of maggots.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of maggoted (“drunk; intoxicated”).

    澳大利亚 非正式

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

grub

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English magot, magat, maked, probably a metathetic alteration of maddock, maðek (“worm", "maggot”), originally a diminutive form of a base represented by Old English maþa (Scots mathe), from Proto-West Germanic *maþō, from Proto-Germanic *maþô, from the Proto-Indo-European root *mat, which was used in insect names, equivalent to made + -ock. Near-cognates include Dutch made, German Made and Swedish mask, Icelandic maðkur (“worm, grub, maggot”). The use of maggot to mean a fanciful or whimsical thing derives from the folk belief that a whimsical or crotchety person had maggots in their brain.

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