英语词汇“midge”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

midge

/mɪdʒ

noun

1A small or minute two-winged fly that forms swarms and breeds near water or marshy areas.

The families Chironomidae (the non-biting midges), and Ceratopogonidae (see biting midge): numerous species.

Included among the invertebrates are moth flies, wood gnats, midges, punkies, mosquitoes, marsh beetles, and beelike or wasplike syrphid flies....

Despite balmy temperatures, you'll need to pack pants, long-sleeved shirts, and, yes, even socks, to fend off the hordes of biting sand fleas and midges on the Tuichi River.
A new era of chromosome research began with the detection of giant chromosomes in tissues of Dipteran insects, the midges Bibio and Chironomus, and the fruit fly Drosophila.

1.1 [with modifier] Used in names of other small flies whose larvae can be pests of plants, typically producing galls or damaging leaves.Global warming will result in an explosion of the dreaded west coast midge, delegates to a conference in Glasgow will be told this month....

The trio have been cycling around 80 miles per day and they have camped overnight along the way, battling torrential rain, thunderstorms and the infamous swarms of Scottish midges.

2 informal A small person.

Origin

Old English mycg(e), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mug and German Mücke, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin musca and Greek muia 'fly'.

单词	midge
释义	midge /mɪdʒ / noun 1A small or minute two-winged fly that forms swarms and breeds near water or marshy areas. The families Chironomidae (the non-biting midges), and Ceratopogonidae (see biting midge): numerous species. Included among the invertebrates are moth flies, wood gnats, midges, punkies, mosquitoes, marsh beetles, and beelike or wasplike syrphid flies.... Despite balmy temperatures, you'll need to pack pants, long-sleeved shirts, and, yes, even socks, to fend off the hordes of biting sand fleas and midges on the Tuichi River. A new era of chromosome research began with the detection of giant chromosomes in tissues of Dipteran insects, the midges Bibio and Chironomus, and the fruit fly Drosophila. 1.1 [with modifier] Used in names of other small flies whose larvae can be pests of plants, typically producing galls or damaging leaves.Global warming will result in an explosion of the dreaded west coast midge, delegates to a conference in Glasgow will be told this month.... The trio have been cycling around 80 miles per day and they have camped overnight along the way, battling torrential rain, thunderstorms and the infamous swarms of Scottish midges. 2 informal A small person. Origin Old English mycg(e), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mug and German Mücke, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin musca and Greek muia 'fly'. Rhymes abridge, bridge, fridge, ridge
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