tettix

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɛtɪks/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cicada, especially in Greece.
    — [T]he Tettix or Cicada in the day time is extremely troubleſome. It is a brown inſect reſembling a chafer, with wings much longer than its body, and thin like thoſe of a fly. […] Dionyſius of Syracuſe ſignified his reſolution to burn and lay waſte the territory of a people, with whom he had a quarrel, when he ſaid, that, if they refuſed to comply with his demands, their Tettixes ſhould ſing on the ground.

词形变化

tettixes plural

词源

From Ancient Greek τέττιξ (téttix), or perhaps a modern Greek descendant thereof.
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