hornet

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈhɔː.nɪt/    美 /ˈhɔɹ.nɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any large wasp of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.
  2. A person who pesters with petty but ceaseless attacks.

词形变化

hornets plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Asian giant hornet Asian hornet Australian hornet bald-faced hornet bald hornet black-bellied hornet black-tailed hornet European hornet giant hornet greater banded hornet green hornet hornet clearwing hornet fly hornetlike hornet moth hornet robberfly hornety Japanese giant hornet Japanese hornet Japanese yellow hornet lesser banded hornet mad as a hornet murder hornet Oriental hornet paper hornet sand hornet white-faced hornet white-tailed hornet yellow hornet yellow-legged hornet
相关词
bee wasp

词源

From Middle English hernet, from Old English hyrnetu, hyrnete, from Proto-West Germanic *hurnutu, from Proto-Germanic *hurznutō (compare German Hornisse), alteration of Proto-Germanic *hursulǭ (compare Dutch horzel), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂sro- (“hornet”, literally “the one with horns (antennae)”), from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) (compare Welsh creyryn (“gadfly”), Latin crābrō (“hornet”), Lithuanian širšė (“wasp”), Proto-Slavic *sьrxy (whence Old Church Slavonic сръшень (srŭšenĭ, “hornet”) and many others), Albanian grerë, grenzë (“wasp, hornet”)).
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