| 单词 | love bug |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslove bug love bug n. U.S. a dark-coloured fly, Plecia nearctica (family Bibionidae), widespread across the southern U.S., which at certain times of the year forms large swarms of mating pairs; cf. March fly n. 1. ΚΠ 1937 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 25 July c-d 2/1 He can put up with love-bugs, kissing-bugs and lady-bird beetles from spring until frost. 1970 Florida Entomol. 53 23 My first encounters with the ‘love-bugs’ were in south Louisiana in the mid-1930's. 2004 C. Bateman Driving Big Davie xxxi. 305 A pair of love bugs were mating on our windscreen. A few days ago I would have put the wipers on and squished them. Now I let them be. < as lemmas |
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