| 单词 | wasp |
| 释义 | wasp n. 1. a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black and yellow stripes and a very thin waist. 2. (in comb.) any of various insects resembling a wasp in some way (wasp-beetle). Phrases and idioms wasp-waist a very slender waist. wasp-waisted having a very slender waist. Derivatives wasplike adj. Etymology: OE w{aelig}fs, w{aelig}ps, w{aelig}sp, f. WG: perh. rel. to WEAVE(1) (from the weblike form of its nest) |
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