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虱子;寄生虫;卑鄙的家伙;
搞糟,办砸;捉虱子,除虱子;
lice, louses
noun
any of various small wingless usually flattened insects (orders Anoplura and Mallophaga) parasitic on warm-blooded animals
a small usually sluggish arthropod (such as a biting louse) that lives on other animals or on plants and sucks their blood or juices
any of several small arthropods (such as a book louse) that are not parasitic
plural lousesˈlau̇-səz a contemptible person : heel
what a beast, what a cad, what a louse he had been—Walter Karig
verb
transitive verb
to remove lice from
寄生虫,寄生在人类头发和皮肤上,古英语“lus”,源自原始日耳曼语“*lus”(另源自古诺尔斯语“lus”,中古荷兰语“luus”,荷兰语“luis”,古高地德语“lus”,德语“Laus”),源自印欧语言(PIE)中的“*lus-”(威尔士语中的“lleuen”也有“louse”的意思)。
意思是“讨厌的人”,来自1630年代。复数“lice”(古英语“lys”)显示了i-mutation的影响。Grose(1785年的“Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue”)有“louse ladder”即“袜子上掉下来的一根线”。
〔复lise〕虱:多种寄生昆虫的通称
真虱寄生于哺乳动物,属虱目(Anoplura)。寄生在人身上的有头虱(Pediculus humanus capitis),寄生在身体或衣着者为体虱(P. humanus corporis),寄生在阴毛、睫毛、眉毛和腋毛者为阴虱(Phthirus pubis)。虱是斑疹伤塞、回归热及战壕热的病原媒介,鼠疫也能由其叮咬而传播
Noun and Verb Middle English lous, from Old English lūs; akin to Old High German lūs louse, Welsh llau lice
The first known use of louse was before the 12th century
lukewarmadjective
mildly warm : tepid
a lukewarm bath
not enthusiastic : indifferent
our plan got a lukewarm reception
liege1 of 2adjective
having the right to receive service and loyalty
liege lord
owing or giving service to a lord
liege2 of 2noun
vassal
a feudal lord
lugubriousadjective
mournful sense 1especially: exaggeratedly or insincerely mournful
luaunoun
a Hawaiian feast
LSDnoun
an illegal drug that causes abnormal sensations, extreme and changeable states of emotion, unnatural changes in the way time and space are experienced, and hallucinations and that may sometimes cause panic in response to the effects experienced
LPNnoun
licensed practical nurse
LPnoun
a phonograph record designed to be played at 33⅓ revolutions per minute
lowbredadjective
disgusting in manner or action : rude, vulgar
lousyadjective
infested with lice
totally disgusting : contemptible
of very poor quality
got lousy grades
somewhat ill
felt lousy after dinner
well supplied
lousy with money
lousenoun
any of various small wingless usually flat insects that live as parasites on the bodies of warm-blooded animals
any of several other small arthropods (as a book louse or wood louse) that are not parasites
plural lousesˈlau̇-səz a mean person
lousenoun
any of the small wingless usually flattened insects that are parasitic on warm-blooded animals and constitute the orders Anoplura and Mallophaga
1 “What about beetles? Wood lice? Something like that?”
2 “Enos says it’s a place with no wall and no lice and lots of potatoes.”
3 You should wash your hair, there are soooooooo many lice in your skin.
好久把你的头发洗一下, 虱子太多了!
4 Calling on the lion one day, the hare told him that he was very skilled at getting lice out of lion tails.
5 Always she feared lest some louse had escaped her.
她总是害怕有个虱子逃过了他的惩处。
6 Body lice and bacteria and fleas were dying by the billions.
7 Wish I could let my hair grow, but Mother says the shorter the better to beat Saigon’s heat and lice.
8 Each of the last three lice seemed more and more painful to the lion, and he howled more loudly each time the hare drove another nail into the floor.
9 They don’t believe because I’m some poor refugee kid who smells like pickles and garlic, and has lice, and I’m probably making up stories to feel important.
10 Shirtless and with hair shaved short to prevent lice, they scampered and wrestled and searched for frogs in the mud.
11 I had probably been too filthy for any self-respecting louse to take up residence.
12 I could see distinctly the limbs of these vermin with my naked eye, much better than those of a European louse through a microscope, and their snouts with which they rooted like swine.
13 Not only can vermin arise from decaying matter but that lice can originate from sweat.
不仅从腐烂的物质中能产生寄生虫,而且从汗液中能产生虱子.
14 Her shapely fingernails reddened by the blood of squashed lice from the children's shirts.
由于替孩子们掐衬衫上的虱子,她那秀丽的指甲被血染红了.
15 To reduce the breeding grounds for lice, fleas and small rodents.
为了减少虱子 、 跳蚤和小型啮齿动物的滋生地.
16 After all I'm a man, not a louse.
毕竟我还是一个人, 不是一个虱子.
17 Truth was, she did have a pretty advanced case of head lice.
18 With no shampoo or soap, it is a constant battle to keep myself clean, and as a result, my hair clumps together in greasy knots, which makes it hard for me to catch the lice.
19 Hooke had shown that the louse was every bit as complicated a creature as a lizard.
20 Food bad enough to kill you with it Roaches here, mice, flies, lice and even a snake or two.
1 毁坏
injury ruin breakage spoilage destruct ruination spoliation cloud waste bump trash spoil wreck havoc darken queer blight ravage wither deface banjax play havoc with
3 下贱的人
6 不受欢迎的人
7 捉虱子
8 讨厌鬼
horror creep sod turd so-and-so twerp twat arsehole blighter scuzz shitface perisher wazzock pill terror git asshole cunt twit fink tosser skank schlub tosspot
10 虱子
11 卑鄙的人
rat hound skunk bugger fink ratfink scumbag heel fart snide dog snake hangdog slubber stinkard lowlife
14 小昆虫
15 无脊椎动物
17 寄生虫
drone parasite lounge lizard sponger pagurid guest heel driftwood vermin mooch bur cadger worm sponge leech helminth poler
19 可鄙的家伙