midge

FREQ #21794

n. 蠓, 侏儒 [医] 蠓, 蚋

发音

其它 /mɪd͡ʒ/

词形变化

midges 复数 midges

别名

midget midgie midgy midgey minge

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.

    摇蚊

  2. 2.

    A small, short or insignificant person.

    苏格兰
  3. 3.

    Any bait or lure designed to resemble a midge.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

gnat

相关短语

midge net midge nets Midge Hall midge grass apple midge non-biting midge apple leaf midge gall midge 瘿蚊 biting midge 蠓 barley midge wheat midge frog-biting midge meniscus midge phantom midge swede midge

词源

From Middle English mydge, migge, from Old English mygg, myċġ (“midge, gnat”), from Proto-West Germanic *muggju, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-. The dialectal sense of "short person" was originally figurative, and gave rise to midget (“short person”) via the diminutive suffix -et, which has since become part of standard English with that meaning; this has caused midge to undergo rebracketing as a clipping of midget. Cognates * Scots mige (“midge”) * Saterland Frisian Määge (“gnat, mosquito”) * West Frisian mich (“fly, mosquito”) * West Flemish meezje (“midge, mosquito”) * Dutch mug (“midge, gnat, mosquito”) * German Low German Mügge (“midge, gnat, mosquito”) * German Mücke (“midge, gnat, mosquito”) * Swedish mygg, mygga (“midge, gnat, mosquito”) * Icelandic mý (“midge, gnat, fly”) The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of * Latin musca * Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa) * Russian му́ха (múxa) * Latvian muša * Czech muchnička * Albanian mizë * Armenian մուն (mun)

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