Jesus bug

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of water strider (“an insect of the family Gerridae”).
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Jesus, bug.
    — I was twenty when I first caught the Jesus bug. It took another two years before I even considered visiting a church.

词形变化

Jesus bugs plural

词源

In the case of the water strider, allusion to the miracle of Jesus Christ walking on water.
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