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mosquito

/muh-skee-toh/US // məˈski toʊ //UK // (məˈskiːtəʊ) //

蚊子,蚊虫,蚊香,蚊帐

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mos·qui·toes, mos·qui·tos.

    • : any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, the females of which suck the blood of animals and humans, some species transmitting certain diseases, as malaria and yellow fever.
    • : Military. a twin-engined, two-seat British fighter and bomber of World War II, made largely of plywood and having a top speed of 380 miles per hour.

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Examples

  • Anyone who doesn’t regularly fall prey to mosquitos will still find the Bug Bite Thing a worthwhile investment.

  • In this issue we dive into another scientific advance that prompts big questions — genetically engineering mosquitoes to combat diseases.

  • The species is especially hard to control among about 45 kinds of mosquitoes that whine around the Keys.

  • Also, the latest version of these mosquitoes is shipped from the United Kingdom as cleaned male eggs.

  • After a decade of fits and starts, officials in the Florida Keys have voted to allow the first test in the United States of free-flying, genetically modified mosquitoes as a way to fight the pests and the diseases they spread.

  • I chose it for its metaphorical resonance, but the mosquito bite theory might be the worse.

  • On another trip, a defiant caiman (a South American crocodile) devours his mosquito net.

  • The goal is to raise $250,000 in 30 days to build Sporobot, the mosquito-dissecting robot.

  • In the summer, though, Bettles sees more tourists who come to the fly-and-mosquito infested gateway into the Alaskan wilderness.

  • Its path here is almost comic: evidence indicates that the mosquito was brought because of the international used tire trade.

  • Judy, already tucked inside her mosquito-curtains, was nearly asleep.

  • The mosquito bar was drawn over her; the old woman had come in while she slept and let down the bar.

  • The sexual cycle can take place only within the body of one genus of mosquito, anopheles.

  • When a malarious person is bitten by a mosquito, the gametes are taken with the blood into its stomach.

  • These migrate to the salivary glands, and are carried into the blood of the person whom the mosquito bites.