单词 | gnat-snap |
释义 | > as lemmasgnat-snap gnat-snap n. a name given to various small birds; in the 17th cent. used to translate Latin ficedula; see also gnat n.2; also figurative, as a term of contempt. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 177 The little Gnat-snap, worthy Princes Boords. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iv. iii. 83 The Godwit, Gnat-snap, Knot. < as lemmas |
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