| 单词 | little turk |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslittle Turk little Turk n. an unmanageable or violent child or youth; cf. Turk n.1 4a.In quot. 1824, used of an adult man with reference to the Turks' reputation for polygamy. ΚΠ 1824 W. Dimond Native Land ii. i. 29 Zan... Isn't one lady at a time sufficient for you? Cœl. No, child, I've a devouring appetite for the whole sex. Zan. Oh! the unconscionable little Turk!] 1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon ii. i, in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 356/2 Was not the estate of his mother entailed upon the odious little Turk, Lord Bullingdon. 1863 W. P. Frith in Autobiogr. (1887) I. xxiv. 351 As to Prince William of Prussia, of all the little Turks he is one of the worst. 1921 L. L. Hope Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge iv. 36 That little Turk of a sister of yours has done it again. 1956 T. Merton Let. 4 June in A. W. Biddle When Prophecy still had Voice (2001) iii. 123 Sit down, small sir... You wish to be a bishop in this college? Ha, and what does your mother think? Get out of here you little Turk. 1989 M. J. Staples Our Emily v. 65 ‘You little Turk, you rolled me over.’ ‘No, I ain't a little Turk,’ she protested. Little Turk The larva of an insect (perhaps of the fruit-bark beetle, Scolytus rugulosus) dreaded for the destruction it does to pear-trees by mining under the bark; also, the larva of the cockchafer (Littré). According to Cent. Dict., the plum-weevil or plum-curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar, which is very destructive to fruit trees generally, is known as the Turk or Little Turk. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > member of (beetle) > larva worma1100 turk1712 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > genus Melolontha > larva of cockchafer white grub1496 whitebait1681 ton1693 turk1712 rook worma1722 white worm1724 earth-lard1801 grass grub1854 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 173 The great Enemies to Trees, are..Snails, Tons, Turks, and abundance of Worms. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 176 Turks are certain white Worms that get into Trees and eat Holes in them, running betwixt the Bark and the Stem. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. vi. 213 Their ravages have long been known in Germany under the name of Wurm trökniss (decay caused by worms); and in the old liturgies of that country the animal itself is formally mentioned under its vulgar appellation, ‘The Turk’. < as lemmas |
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