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单词 carpenter ant
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Definition of carpenter ant in English:

carpenter ant

noun
  • A large ant which burrows into wood to make a nest.

    Genus Camponotus, family Formicidae: numerous species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Pileated Woodpeckers eat wood-boring insects and insects that nest in trees, including long-horned beetles and especially carpenter ants.
    • The woodpecker digs deep into the trees in search of carpenter ants to eat.
    • A few more of these and you'll have no more problems with carpenter ants in this house!
    • I scanned through the cooking shows, documentaries about carpenter ants, and reruns.
    • There are no mice, no carpenter ants, no termites.
    • We shall use these badly needed funds for the dentist, and for such luxuries as killing the carpenter ant infestation, and for paying off the tax guy.
    • As spring arrives at my house this year, here come the carpenter ants, demanding a date with my favorite chemists.
    • Even so, the boat looked to be in good shape until I opened one of the watertight compartments and was greeted by an army of carpenter ants.
    • Sunday evening I trudged up to the pool house with her to check the settings and to point out the carpenter ants busily running in and out of a hole as big as my head in the wall.
    • He also wanted to clarify the allowances for using pesticides to save homes from such pests such as carpenter ants and termites.
    • In order to trace genetic changes they then compared the B. pennsylvanicus genome to the sequence from a related carpenter ant, B. floridanus.
    • Moving closer, I saw the ‘insect’ was really two large carpenter ants.
    • In cases where the wood will not be exposed to the soil or water, borates, a form of naturally occurring salt, will help prevent decay from fungi and wood-boring insects such as carpenter ants and termites.
    • Borates are the most effective treatment for many crawling insects including, roaches, silverfish, larder beetles, carpenter ants, and other woodborers, as well as wood decay organisms.
    • They will kill all your fire ants and carpenter ants and termites.
    • How passionate is his hatred for carpenter ants?
 
 

Definition of carpenter ant in US English:

carpenter ant

nounˈkärpən(t)ər ant
  • A large ant that burrows into wood to nest.

    Genus Camponotus, family Formicidae: numerous species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In cases where the wood will not be exposed to the soil or water, borates, a form of naturally occurring salt, will help prevent decay from fungi and wood-boring insects such as carpenter ants and termites.
    • Pileated Woodpeckers eat wood-boring insects and insects that nest in trees, including long-horned beetles and especially carpenter ants.
    • In order to trace genetic changes they then compared the B. pennsylvanicus genome to the sequence from a related carpenter ant, B. floridanus.
    • I scanned through the cooking shows, documentaries about carpenter ants, and reruns.
    • Even so, the boat looked to be in good shape until I opened one of the watertight compartments and was greeted by an army of carpenter ants.
    • We shall use these badly needed funds for the dentist, and for such luxuries as killing the carpenter ant infestation, and for paying off the tax guy.
    • They will kill all your fire ants and carpenter ants and termites.
    • Moving closer, I saw the ‘insect’ was really two large carpenter ants.
    • There are no mice, no carpenter ants, no termites.
    • How passionate is his hatred for carpenter ants?
    • Borates are the most effective treatment for many crawling insects including, roaches, silverfish, larder beetles, carpenter ants, and other woodborers, as well as wood decay organisms.
    • Sunday evening I trudged up to the pool house with her to check the settings and to point out the carpenter ants busily running in and out of a hole as big as my head in the wall.
    • He also wanted to clarify the allowances for using pesticides to save homes from such pests such as carpenter ants and termites.
    • As spring arrives at my house this year, here come the carpenter ants, demanding a date with my favorite chemists.
    • A few more of these and you'll have no more problems with carpenter ants in this house!
    • The woodpecker digs deep into the trees in search of carpenter ants to eat.
 
 
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