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maggot

/mag-uht/US // ˈmæg ət //UK // (ˈmæɡət) //

蛆虫,蛆,蛴螬,蛆儿

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a soft-bodied, legless larva of certain flies.
    • : Archaic. an odd fancy; whim.

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Examples

  • Once the maggots have dined on all the poop they can, the insects are boiled.

  • The flies’ larvae — or maggots — consume organic wastes, such as feces.

  • Pundits in Myanmar call Rohingya Muslims beasts, dogs, and maggots.

  • But the maggot-infested underside of News of the World is a metaphor for what his whole tabloid operation has wrought.

  • However strange this maggot may appear in my chest and brain, it is no more than true.

  • She's got some maggot in her brain, and she wants to air it.

  • And in the economy of nature man is of no more consequence than the maggot.

  • In relation to their surroundings man and the maggot are in the same position.

  • The whole section is well characterized by the uniformly maggot-like nature of the larva.