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louse

/noun lous; verb lous, louz/US // noun laʊs; verb laʊs, laʊz //UK // (laʊs) //

虱子,虱目鱼,螨虫,虱子的问题

Related Words

rat大鼠,小鼠,老鼠,鼠类scoundrel恶棍,坏蛋,恶人,大坏蛋knave骑士,骑士精神,骑士团,骑士团成员cad寅吃卯粮,寅恪,寅寅卯卯,寅年cootie蠹虫,小精灵,蠹心虫,蠹猫

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural lice [lahys] /laɪs/ for 1-3, lous·es for 4.

    • : any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura , parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus humanus or Pediculus humanus capitis and Phthirius pubis.
    • : any insect of the order Mallophaga , parasitic on birds and mammals, having mouthparts adapted for biting.
    • : plant louse.
    • : Slang. a contemptible person, especially an unethical one.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    loused, lous·ing.

    • : to delouse.
  1. 1
    • : louse up, Slang. to spoil; botch: Miscasting loused up the movie.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounbad person
Forms: lice
Synonyms
cad寅吃卯粮,寅恪,寅寅卯卯,寅年cootie蠹虫,小精灵,蠹心虫,蠹猫knave骑士,骑士精神,骑士团,骑士团成员rat大鼠,小鼠,老鼠,鼠类scoundrel恶棍,坏蛋,恶人,大坏蛋

Examples

  • The hog louse lives primarily on swine, where the insect feeds on blood, and is one of the largest sucking lice.

  • The tubes running along the louse are respiratory tubes, called tracheae, carrying oxygen to tissues.

  • The seal louse is the only one of them able to survive in the ocean, says Leonardi.

  • Joshua Benoit isn’t surprised that the first insect found to survive such high pressures is the seal louse.

  • All louse species, he notes, even those that live on humans, need to stick with their host animals to survive.

  • Only two soil types in the world are inhabitable for this root louse: one is sand, and the other is slate.

  • His spineless duplicity confirms that the good guy is actually pretty much a louse.

  • Next in line is the body louse—the only dangerous member of the troika.

  • This not only makes you look like a louse, it makes you look like a helpless, bed-wetting man-child.

  • When Silajdzic raised this, Milosevic said, “I am not a louse,” and yielded immediately.

  • While a counsellor was pleading at the Irish bar, a louse unluckily peeped from under his wig.

  • The itch-mite (Acarus scabiei) and the louse (Pediculus capitis, corporis, vel pubis) are the more common members of the group.

  • The good influence of the operations of the Trinity louse might be shown by many interesting instances.

  • The messengers came to the house of Xmucane, who, filled with alarm, dispatched a louse to carry the summons to her grandsons.

  • Brisk as a body-louse she trips,Clean as a penny drest; Sweet as a rose her breath and lips,Round as the globe her breast.

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