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cootie

/koo-tee/US // ˈku ti //UK // (ˈkuːtɪ) //

蠹虫,小精灵,蠹心虫,蠹猫

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural coot·ies.Informal.

    • : a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
    • : a child's term for an imaginary germ or disease that one can catch by touching a person who is disliked or socially avoided: The girls at camp thought the boys had cooties.

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Examples

  • Can you instruct someone how to make an origami ‘cootie catcher’ with just words?

  • About a year later, I wrote another piece for Slate with the headline, “ The Cootie Factor.”

  • They found that the underwear was indeed death to the cootie.

  • There I made my first acquaintance with the now justly famous "cootie."

  • The tale is even told of cootie fights during long, rainy winter evenings which must be spent indoors.

  • A woman of Iowa invented cootie-proof underclothing by impregnating underwear with vermin-destroying chemicals.

  • This was probably so there would be no chance of a stray cootie getting into our new outfit.