tarantula

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n. 鸟蛛, 狼蛛 [医] 狼蛛

发音

UK /təˈɹæn.t͡ʃʊ.lə/
US /təˈɹæn.t͡ʃə.lə/

词形变化

tarantulae tarantulas 复数 tarantulas tarantulae 复数

别名

tarentula

教材释义与例句

名词

狼蛛；塔兰图拉毒蛛

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the large, hairy New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae.

    捕鸟蛛

  2. 2.

    A member of certain other groups of spiders, generally characterized by large size, hairiness, or membership of infraorder Mygalomorphae to which Theraphosidae family also belongs.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    A species of wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, native to southern Europe, the mildly poisonous bite of which was once thought to cause an extreme urge to dance (tarantism).

    狼蜘蛛

    过时

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

spider hunting spider wolf spider

相关短语

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词源

From Medieval Latin tarantula, from Old Italian tarantola, from Taranto (“seaport in southern Italy”), from Latin Tarentum (“Latin name of the town”), from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās, “Greek name of the town”), genitive Τᾰ́ρᾰντος; compare Modern Greek Τάραντας (Tárantas) and Tarantino Tarde. probably from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”). Sense 3 (“Lycosa tarantula”) is the original sense of the word, and refers to the fact that the spider was common in the Apulia region where Taranto is located. Sense 1 (“New World spider in the family Theraphosidae”), the main modern sense of the word, may have been a transferred use of Spanish tarántula (“tarantula (Lycosa tarantula)”) to describe large, hairy spiders found in the New World.

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