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ants

UK /ɑːnts/US /ænts/

词源

源自古英语æmette,与德语Ameise同源,最终可能来自原始印欧语词根*morwi-(蚂蚁)。

noun

❶ 蚂蚁,一种小型社会性昆虫,通常群居生活,以植物、其他昆虫或食物残渣为食。

“There are many ants crawling on the ground after the rain.”

(雨后地上爬着许多蚂蚁。)

“The ants are carrying food back to their nest.”

(蚂蚁们正把食物搬回巢穴。)

同义词:insects, pismires, formicidae

常见短语

ants in one's pants — 形容某人坐立不安、焦躁不安的状态,就像裤子里有蚂蚁一样。

“The kids had ants in their pants waiting for the Christmas presents.”

(孩子们等待圣诞礼物时坐立不安。)

ant colony — 指由大量蚂蚁组成的群体,它们共同生活在一个巢穴中,分工明确。

“We observed an ant colony under the microscope in biology class.”

(生物课上我们用显微镜观察了一个蚁群。)