| 单词 | yellow fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow fly yellow fly n. any of various flies or stoneflies which are yellow or yellowish in colour; (also) an artificial fly made in imitation of this. ΚΠ 1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. i.iiiv The yelow flye. the body of yelow wull: the wynges of the redde cocke hakyll & of the drake lyttyd yelow. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 6 Stercorary or Yellow Flyes that feed upon Cow-dung. 1751 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds IV. Index 243 The great yellow Fly with black Spots. 1838 Southern Lit. Messenger Jan. 25/1 The yellow flies and moschetoes swarmed in myriads. 1919 Sci. Monthly Apr. 368 Diachlorus femoratus, the ‘yellow fly’, was abundant and bloodthirsty, a perfect nuisance when bathing in the river. 2003 Fishing Life is Hard Work xv. 136 If they don't want a little yellow fly or a big yellow fly or a medium goddamn yellow fly, then the sonsabitches can go straight to hell for all I care. < as lemmas |
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