polverine

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, used in the manufacture of fine glass. uncountable
  2. A tiny biting insect found in South America. countable
    — Mosquitoes and polverines, little midges so small as to be scarcely visible, rose in a cloud from the water and settled on our hands and faces.

词形变化

polverines plural

词源

From Italian polverino, from Latin pulvis (“dust”). Doublet of pulvinus.
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