louse

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /laʊs/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
  2. Obsolete form of loose. alt-of,obsolete
  3. A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm. colloquial,dated
    — He said: "Thanks, friend; but you're wasting your time. You better warn Crocker. If that louse makes a play for me, he'll get hit with Chicago lightning!"
  4. The currency sign ¤. slang
动词 v.
  1. To remove lice from; to delouse. transitive
    — There were a few wire-netted enclosures to keep young chickens from the hawks, but the fowls wandered at large, coming about the hut to ruffle their feathers in the dust, and louse themselves, and pick up scraps.
  2. Obsolete form of loose. alt-of,obsolete
    — To ſome it louſeth the belly verie freelie, but not at the firſt. Others thinks it bindeth them. Yet it ſeemeth to louſe moe then it bindeth.

词形变化

lice plural louses nonstandard,plural louses present,singular,third-person lousing participle,present loused participle,past loused past louses present,singular,third-person lousing participle,present loused participle,past loused past louses plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bark louse bee louse body louse booklouse carp louse chewing louse chicken louse clover louse crab louse fish louse fishlouse flea-louse grape-louse green louse head louse headlouse hen louse jumping plant louse lazy louse leaf louse lens louse louse around louseborne louse fly louseless louselike louseling louser louse-ridden louse trap louse up lousewort lousicide lousy pea louse plant louse pricklouse pubic louse sea louse sheep louse sucking louse sugar louse three skips of a louse water louse whale louse woodlouse

词源

From Middle English lous, lows, lowse, from Old English lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-.
Cognate with West Frisian lûs, Dutch luis, German Low German Luus, German Laus, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish lus, Faroese and Icelandic lús; also Welsh llau (“lice”), Tocharian B luwo, maybe Sanskrit यूका (yūkā).
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