| 单词 | house borer |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse borer house borer n. any of various beetles whose larvae destroy wood; esp. the old-house borer, Hylotrupes bajulus. ΚΠ 1926 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. 32 110 The death-watch beetles (Ptinidae) form a group embracing the well-known and destructive so-called white-pine or common house-borer. 1961 Brit. Jrnl. Industr. Med. 18 53 Much of the timber (a European soft-wood, prone to infestation by the European house-borer..) was pre-cut and imported. 2001 Timaru (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 31 Jan. 2 He disagreed with a statement..that the common house borer was not attracted to dry radiata pine, and produced examples of borer-ridden timber. < as lemmas |
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