| 单词 | ant bank |
| 释义 | > as lemmasant bank ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > that form ant-hills > ant-hill anthilleOE ant bedeOE pismire hill1440 maur-hill?c1475 maur house?c1475 ant heap1591 molehill1610 ant-hillock1656 bank1667 sprout hill1766 formicary1816 ant mound1830 formicarium1834 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 425 If either of the other two sorts be put into the black Ants Bank. 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Nov. 108 It [sc. the Plough] will..cut up more Banks, or Hills, in one Day, than twenty Men can do. 1761 J. Mordant Compl. Steward I. 29 If the smallest matter of turf be left at the side of the bank unpared, the ants..will soon raise another hill. 1847 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 31/1 And also in the labour of cutting up ant banks in old pastures, the tenant should be deemed to possess a five years' interest. 1884 D. Johnson Assoc. Farming 3 A large quantity of ant banks were on the pasture land. < as lemmas |
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