Gnat
[næt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (British usage) mosquito.
(noun.) any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies.
黛尔編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito.
(n.) Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.
贾尔斯錄入
解釋/意思:
n. a genus of dipterous insects of numerous species esp. abundant in marshy districts—the female lives on the blood of animals.—n. Gnat′ling.
吉米編輯