louse 的 3 个定义
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.
loused, lous·ing.
- to delouse.
- louse up, Slang. to spoil; botch: Miscasting loused up the movie.
louse 近义词
bad person
更多louse例句
- 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.