英:[ˈhɔːsflaɪ]
美:[ ˈhɔːrsflaɪ]
英:[ˈhɔːsflaɪ]
美:[ ˈhɔːrsflaɪ]
horse·fly
hors flaI
horseflies
另外还有 horse-fly,一种极其讨厌马和牛的昆虫,晚14世纪,来自于 horse(马)和 fly(苍蝇)。
The first known use of horsefly was in the 14th century
horsepowernoun
a unit of power equal in the U.S. to 746 watts and nearly equal to the English unit of the same name that equals 550 foot-pounds of work per second
horseplaynoun
rough or loud play
horsemannoun
a rider or driver of horses
one skilled in managing horses
a breeder or raiser of horses
horsemannoun
a rider or driver of horses
one skilled in managing horses
a breeder or raiser of horses
horsemannoun
a rider or driver of horses
one skilled in managing horses
a breeder or raiser of horses
horse1 of 2noun
a large hoofed grazing domestic mammal that is used to carry or draw loads and for riding
a male horse : stallion
a frame that supports something (as wood while being cut)
a piece of gymnasium equipment used for balancing and swinging movements or for vaulting exercises
horse plural cavalry
horse2 of 2verb
to provide with a horse
horsehidenoun
a horse's hide or leather made from it
horsehairnoun
hair of a horse especially from the mane or tail
cloth made from horsehair
horseflynoun
any of a family of swift usually large two-winged flies with bloodsucking females
horseflynoun
any of the swift usually large dipteran flies with bloodsucking females that comprise the family Tabanidae
1 There waren’t nothing but a screen door to keep horseflies out.
2 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA—Whether on an African savanna or a feedlot in Texas, mammals are plagued by myriad insect pests: mosquitoes with malaria parasites, tsetse flies spreading African sleeping sickness, horseflies transmitting rinderpest.
3 It flew back and forth, menacing, like a horsefly.
4 I struggled to keep a straight face as I pictured Mother amidst the weeds, horseflies, and dead mice in our garden.
5 People dying from a horsefly bite is "incredibly rare" said Allergy UK Mr Batty he had been a volunteer gateman at Brixham Rugby Club for the past three years.
6 But Dr Horvath thinks it might be related to a horsefly’s ability to see polarised light, which imposes a sense of horizontal and vertical on an image.
7 There are in fact thousands of distinct bee species flying around us all the time — small as gnats or larger than horseflies, fuzzed in hair as orange as Cheddar or armored in metallic green.
8 Their summer body suit has a finish that wards off mosquitoes, horseflies, and ticks, and a UPF of 40 to block harmful rays.
9 After a horsefly bite, the advice is to seek medical attention if the skin starts to get red and you develop a fever.
10 Sometime later, the rain stopped, and a warm sun brought back the thick clouds of mosquitoes and horseflies.They swarmed over Cole’s body as if it were a dead carcass.
11 Inside are oats and water buckets and horseflies flying sleepy loops but no horses.
12 The panels with the narrowest stripes attracted the fewest horseflies, and the new research suggests this may be why zebras evolved their familiar pattern.
13 And even if it didn’t, I sure wouldn’t have no enthusiasm for the next horsefly that showed up in the water.
14 Andy Batty was called a "likeable guy" by the rugby club where he volunteered A 48-year-old father died after suffering an "incredibly rare" allergic reaction when he was bitten by a horsefly.
15 The elderly man held a rolled-up copy of Commentary magazine in one hand, as if to smack his 19-year-old grandson like a horsefly.
16 "It was almost laughable how many horseflies there were," he noted of his experiences in the northern Sodankylä region of Lapland earlier in the summer.
17 Mosquitoes and horseflies are feasting on the men, but still "Frisbee", from western Ukraine, has taken his shirt off because of the heat.
18 ‘Hold your horseflies! Keep your skirts on! I think I has the answer to the maiden’s hair!’
19 But calf skin because horsefly look is much, disable heavy, all use as shoe lining change commonly.
但牛犊皮由于虻眼多,伤残重,一般均做为鞋里革使用。
20 That's why commercial horsefly traps, or Manitoba traps as they are called, have their capture jar at the upper end, into which the horsefly must inevitably crawl to its well-deserved death.