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单词 mosquito bar
释义

mosquito barn.

Brit. /məˈskiːtəʊ bɑː/, /mɒˈskiːtəʊ bɑː/, U.S. /məˈskidoʊ ˌbɑr/
Forms: 1800s mosquetoes bears (plural), 1800s mosquito-bear, 1800s mosquito-bier, 1800s musquetoe bier, 1800s musquetor bear, 1800s musquito bar, 1800s musquitoe bar, 1800s– mosquito bar.
Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: mosquito n., bar n.5
Etymology: < mosquito n. + bar n.5
U.S.
A framework covered with mosquito netting to protect an individual from mosquitoes; (also) netting for this purpose. Also figurative.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > curtain > net or lace curtain > for specific purpose
fly-neta1000
gnat-net1658
mosquito net1745
mosquito bar1804
mosquito wire1949
1804 J. Ordway in Jrnls. Lewis & Ordway (1916) 87 Got mosquetoes bears from Capt Lewis to sleep in.
1805 M. Lewis in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1904) II. 228 I sent a man to the canoes for my musquetoe bier.
1828 J. Hall Lett. from West 227 The musquitoe bar..is a curtain, of the thinnest gauze, or leno, or some such slight fabric, which admits the air, and excludes the mosquitoe.
1889 M. E. Bamford Up & down Brooks 65 A section of mosquito-bar was tied over the whole.
1946 Chicago Daily News 9 Aug. 12/1 That ‘Iron Curtain’ around Russia is beginning to look like a fly screen or a mosquito bar.
1992 Beaver Aug. 20/1 Crawled under mosquito bar at 9:15 just as the moon rose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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