mossie

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɒz.i/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various species of sparrow, especially Passer melanurus. South-Africa
    — Our four baby mossies have left the nest.
  2. A mosquito. Australia,New-Zealand,UK,colloquial
    — She came out, standing a head taller than him, tugging a loose cotton shift into place, and made for a rough brick fireplace beside a pile of rusting pots and pans. ‘Come inside,’ Willi said. ‘The mossies will eat you alive out here.’

词形变化

mossies plural mossies plural mozzie alternative mozzy alternative mossy alternative

词源

词源 1
From Afrikaans, from Dutch mus (“a sparrow”).
词源 2
Diminutive formed from mosquito. Compare Dutch meuzie (“mosquito”).
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