gnat

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.
    — [A]nd his servant was beside him with a fan to keep away the flies and gnats.
  2. An annoying person. informal
    — "Away thou whining gnat, and trouble me not!"

词形变化

gnats plural

词汇关系

衍生词
box the gnat Clear Lake gnat fungus gnat gall gnat gnat bug gnatcatcher gnateater gnatless gnatlike gnatling gnatproof gnat's gnat's arse gnat's ass gnat's chuff gnat's prick gnat-strain gnat-strainer gnat-straining gnat's whisker gnatty gnatworm gnatwren strain at a gnat
相关词
gnit midge

词源

From Middle English gnat, from Old English gnætt (“gnat; midge; mosquito”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnatt, *gnattu, from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz, *gnattuz (“gnat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-, *gʰneHd- (“to gnaw; scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- (“to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind”). Cognate with Low German Gnatte (“gnat”), dialectal Swedish gnatt (“mosquito”), German Gnatz (“scabs; rash; scabies; stinginess”). Related also gnit and gnaw.
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