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单词 gnat
释义
gnatgnat /næt/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINgnat
Origin:
Old English gnætt
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And, little by little, the utterly unprecedented thought began buzzing around my cortex, like a gnat in a jar.
  • As was suggested in argument, that would indeed be to swallow the elephant and strain at the gnat.
  • In five hours she'd be marking Miguel O'Brien - a gnat trying to curb an elephant.
  • Milk, sticky and sour on her dress, attracted every small flying thing from gnats to grasshoppers.
  • The heat and the gnats were the next burden.
  • The last two weeks had been damp and little gnats thickened the air like a living dust.
  • Vanessa could shoot the eye out of a gnat at fifty paces.
word sets
WORD SETS
abdomen, nounant, nounantenna, nounanthill, nounaphid, nounbedbug, nounbee, nounbeetle, nounblack widow, nounbloodsucker, nounblow-fly, nounbluebottle, nounboll weevil, nounbookworm, nounbug, nounbumblebee, nounbutterfly, nouncaterpillar, nouncell, nouncentipede, nounchrysalis, nouncicada, nouncobweb, nouncockchafer, nouncockroach, nouncocoon, nouncomb, nouncrane fly, nouncreepy-crawly, nouncricket, noundaddy longlegs, noundragonfly, noundrone, nounearwig, nounentomology, nounfeeler, nounfirefly, nounflea, nounfly, verbfly, nounfruit fly, noungadfly, nounglow-worm, noungnat, noungossamer, noungrasshopper, noungreenfly, noungrub, nounhoneybee, nounhoneycomb, nounhornet, nounhorsefly, nounhousefly, nouninsect, nouninsectivore, nounkatydid, nounladybird, nounlarva, nounlice, nounlightning bug, nounlocust, nounlouse, nounmaggot, nounmantis, nounmayfly, nounmidge, nounmillipede, nounmite, nounmosquito, nounmoth, nounnectar, nounnest, nounnit, nounnymph, nounpest, nounpod, nounpraying mantis, nounproboscis, nounpupa, nounqueen, nounroach, nounsand fly, nounscarab, nounsilkworm, nounsilverfish, nounspider, nounspin, verbstick insect, nounsting, verbsting, nounstinger, nounsucker, nounswarm, nounswarm, verbtarantula, nountermite, nounthorax, nountick, nountortoiseshell, nountrilobite, nountsetse fly, nountzetze fly, nounvein, nounverminous, adjectivewasp, nounwater bug, nounweb, nounweevil, nounwing, nounwinged, adjectivewoodlouse, nounwoodworm, noun
a small flying insect that bites
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