punkie

n. 蠓

发音

US /ˈpʌŋki/
其它
UK /ˈpʌŋki/

词形变化

punkies 复数

别名

punkey punky

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; a biting midge or sandfly.

  2. 1.

    In full punkie lantern: a lantern similar to a jack-o'-lantern consisting of a gourd such as a pumpkin or a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel or swede which has been hollowed out, in which a candle has been placed; these are chiefly displayed during Punkie Night in late October.

  3. 1.

    Synonym of pumpkinseed (“a North American sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus”).

    美国

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

punky biting midge noseeum punkey

上位词 1

gnat

相关短语

Punkie Night

词源

From Jersey Dutch *punkje + English -ie (diminutive suffix). *Punkje is derived from Delaware Munsee *pónkwes + Dutch -je (diminutive suffix); and *pónkwes from Proto-Algonquian *penkw- (“ashes; dust”) (whence Unami punkw (“dust”); probably referring to the insects’ small size) + *-ehs- (diminutive suffix). Compare the name of the Pennsylvania, USA, borough Punxsutawney (from Unami punkwës utènay (“sandfly town”)).

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