英:[ˈblækleg]
美:[ˈblækˌlɛɡ]
英:[ˈblækleg]
美:[ˈblækˌlɛɡ]
复数:blacklegs
第三人称单数:blacklegs
现在分词:blacklegging
过去式:blacklegged
过去分词:blacklegged
"骗子",最初特指马术比赛中的骗子,始于1771年,源自 black(形容词)+ leg(名词),但确切的意义不确定。
The term implies the habitual frequenting of places where wagers are made and games of chance are played, and the seeking of subsistence by dishonorable betting, but does not always imply direct cheating. Sometimes contracted to leg. [Century Dictionary]
该术语意味着经常光顾下注和赌博场所,并通过不光彩的赌博谋生,但并不总是意味着直接作弊。有时缩写为 leg。[世纪词典]
从1865年开始用于拒绝加入工会的罢工破坏者和工人。
黑腿病,气肿性炭疽:牛羊的急性厌氧菌疾病,表现为肌肉肿胀伴捻发音,由肖氏梭菌(Clostridium chauvoei)感染所致
The first known use of blackleg was circa 1722
blacklegnoun
an enzootic usually fatal toxemia especially of young cattle caused by toxins produced by an anaerobic soil bacterium of the genus Clostridium (C. chauvoei synonym C. feseri) called alsoblack quarter, quarter evil, quarter ill, symptomatic anthrax compare black disease, malignant edema
1 The main reason blacklegged ticks are booming in the Northeast this year has to do with acorns, Ostfeld said.
2 The report said more than 25% of blacklegged tick nymphs tested were carrying the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.
3 For decades, the main public health threat from ticks in New York has been Lyme disease, transmitted by the blacklegged tick, often called the “deer tick,” which generally picks up the pathogen from rodents.
4 Herding Sheep with Bill There was no contradicting his calendarOf superstitions – the feast of some saint or otherThe sheep had to be herded off the mountain,Culled and counted, dipped andDoctored with shots for blackleg.
5 His first film as producer was The Angry Silence, an anti-trades union tract, in which Attenborough was a blackleg and yet a hero.
6 Dozens of poppy-seed-size blacklegged tick nymphs could hitch a ride indoors on a single white-footed mouse, then find a blood meal on house mice, other rodents or even members of Wood’s family.
7 Poppy-seed-size blacklegged ticks, which are also known as deer ticks and can transmit Lyme disease, can spread the disease to humans after feeding on infected mice.
8 For example, the geographic distribution of the blacklegged tick is projected to expand and cover most of Atlantic Canada and Manitoba by the year 2070.
9 And then all the conversations, while the blackleg spread to cow and bison.
10 Lyme disease is an infection caused by a bacteria passed to humans from infected blacklegged ticks, and according to a new report from United States health authorities, there’s now a new culprit.
11 His company now sprays people’s lawns instead of just their bushes because lone star ticks are more aggressive than the native blacklegged ticks, and tend to venture further from the woods.
12 The reason is simple: Though blacklegged ticks feed on rodents when young, the adult ticks often feed and find their mate on the hides of deer.
13 The blacklegged tick, also called the deer tick, is expanding its territory, too.
14 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the number of Lyme disease cases transmitted by blacklegged ticks has increased 30 percent from a decade ago.
15 In April — in news that many found surprising — research published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology reported that blacklegged ticks were abundant near beaches in Northern California.
16 Leo Galland, an internist practicing in New York City, says he treated a woman for acute Lyme after she found a blacklegged tick in her Park Avenue apartment.
17 So we both knew the difference, when the blackleg hit.
18 With a bumper crop of blacklegged ticks possible this season, researchers in a Lyme disease-plagued part of New York’s Hudson Valley are tackling tick problems across entire neighborhoods with fungal sprays and bait boxes.
19 Lyme disease is transmitted through the bite of an infected blacklegged tick, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
20 Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium and transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks.
1 破坏罢工
2 反对
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3 炭疽热
5 骗子
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8 破坏罢工者