| 释义 |
weta N.Z.|ˈwɛtə|
[Maori.]
Any of several wingless orthopteran insects of the genus Deinacrida, Pachyrhamma, or Hemideina.
1843E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. II. iii. 396 Weta—an insect so called. 1857C. Hursthouse N.Z. I. v. 123 The Weta, a suspicious-looking scorpion-like creature, apparently replete with ‘high concocted venom’, but perfectly harmless. 1863S. Butler First Year in Canterbury Settlement ix. 441 One of the ugliest-looking creatures..is called ‘weta’, and is of tawny scorpion-like colour, with long antennae and great eyes, and nasty squashy-looking body, with (I think) six legs. 1888Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXI. 41 Not a sound was heard in that lonely forest, except..the sharp noise produced by the weta. 1949[see huhu]. 1961R. Park Hole in Hill (1962) xiv. 115 A giant glistening black insect..waving its antennae... ‘It's only a weta!’ 1975E. Hillary Nothing Venture, Nothing Win ii. 40 When I was making up the bed I found a huge weta..in one of the blankets. |