单词 | cheese-bug |
释义 | > as lemmascheese-bug cheese-bug n. English regional (south-eastern) a woodlouse; cf. cheslip n. ΚΠ 1634 T. T. de Mayerne et al. Moffett's Insectorum Theatrum (new ed.) ii. ix. 202 Alijs item in locis Chesbug & Cheslip dicuntur. 1857 J. Cuthill in J. Timbs Year-bk. Facts in Sci. & Art 253 The greatest enemy I have had to encounter..has been the wood-louse, slater, cheese-bug, or pea-bug. 1982 Countryman Spring 179/1 Local names for wood-lice have been pouring in... There are ‘cheese-bobs’ (Surrey/Hants border) and ‘cheese-bugs’ (Surrey). 2016 @mole_valley 16 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Constantly vigilant for cheesebugs, big and small. < as lemmas |
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