termite

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɜː(ɹ).maɪt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
    — Linnæus describes this insect under the Latin name of Termes; and citizen Cuvier speaks of it under that of Termites. The vulgar call it by that of white ant, or fourmi vaguevague. The termites divide themselves into societies: each society builds itself a next, and each nest belongs to an innumerable quantity of these insects, who acknowledge for their chiefs a king and a queen.
  2. A contemptible person.
    — This two faced termite has the nerve to talk.
动词 v.
  1. Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it. intransitive

词形变化

termites plural termites present,singular,third-person termiting participle,present termited participle,past termited past

词汇关系

衍生词
antitermite Formosan termite supertermite termital termitary termitic termiticidal termitophagy termitophile compass termite dampwood termite magnetic termite termite bug termite of the sea turmite

词源

词源 1
Inferred singular of termites, the plural of Latin termes (“woodworm”), which was used for termites by Linnaeus.
词源 2
Inferred singular of termites, the plural of Latin termes (“woodworm”), which was used for termites by Linnaeus.
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