| 单词 | ant |
| 释义 | ant (once / 529 pages) n An ant is an insect that lives and works in a large colony of ants. Most ants don't have wings, and some of them have stingers. Ants are related to both bees and wasps, and like them are social insects. Ant colonies can include anywhere from a few dozen to millions of ants, divided into jobs or castes. There isn't a continent in the world that doesn't have ants living there. The Middle English word for ant was ampte, from the Old English æmette and a Germanic root. WORD FAMILYant: ants USAGE EXAMPLESWhen he was 4, he would scoop up pavement ants in front of his house and keep them in jars. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Nontraditional students, like ants, are more numerous than they may initially appear. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Billboards lining the highway feature a drawing of an enormous ant beside a nonworking phone number to denounce corruption, and the warning, “No to bachaqueros.” Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) n social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers Syn|Hypo|Hyper emmet, pismire Monomorium pharaonis, pharaoh ant, pharaoh's ant small red ant of warm regions; a common household pest Monomorium minimum, little black anttiny glossy black ant; nests outdoors but invades houses for food army ant, driver ant, legionary anttropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects carpenter antant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs fire antomnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful sting Formica rufa, wood antreddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlands slave antany of various ants captured as larvae and enslaved by another species slave-maker, slave-making antan ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants bulldog antany of the large fierce Australian ants of the genus Myrmecia Formica fuscaan ant frequently enslaved Formica sanguinea, sanguinary antslave-making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere Amazon ant, Polyergus rufescenssmall reddish slave-making ant species hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing |
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