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单词 wasplike
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
wasp /wɑsp/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Insectsa slender winged insect with a narrow abdomen and a powerful sting.

WASP or Wasp /wɑsp/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]
  1. Slang Termsa white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, esp. when considered to be a member of the privileged, established, white upper middle class in the U.S.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
wasp  (wosp),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Insectsany of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
  2. a person who is snappish or petulant.
  • Middle English waspe, Old English wæsp, metathetic variant of wæps, itself variant of wæfs, akin to Dutch wesp, German Wespe, Latin vespa bef. 900
wasplike′, adj. 

WASP  (wosp),USA pronunciation [Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.]
n. 
  1. Slang Termsa white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
  2. Slang Termsa member of the privileged, established white upper middle class in the U.S.

adj. 
  1. Slang TermsWaspy.
Also, Wasp. 
  • 1955–60

WASP  (wosp),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Militarya member of the Women's Air Force Service Pilots, an organization disbanded in 1944.

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