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单词 weevil
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
wee•vil /ˈwivəl/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. Insectsa beetle with a long snout, destructive to nuts, grain, fruit, and plants (as cotton).

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
wee•vil  (wē′vəl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. InsectsAlso called snout beetle. any of numerous beetles of the family Curculionidae, which have the head prolonged into a snout and which are destructive to nuts, grain, fruit, etc.
  2. Insectsany of numerous related beetles.
  • bef. 900; Middle English wevel, Old English wifel; cognate with Old High German wibil beetle; akin to wave

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
weevil /ˈwiːvɪl/ n

  1. Also called: snout beetle any beetle of the family Curculionidae, having an elongated snout (rostrum): they are pests, feeding on plants and plant products
Etymology: Old English wifel; related to Old High German wibil; compare Old Norse tordӯfill dungbeetle

ˈweevily adj
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