| 正面 | 12157.termite 英 ['tɜːmaɪt]美 ['tɝmaɪt]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. afraid => affray => fray.2. shortening of affray (q.v.; see also afraid).3. friction => fray.4. contraction and variant of friction.n. [昆] 白蚁 例句： 1. He brought a termite into the O . R . And spat on a surgeon.他把白蚁带到手术室. 还和主治医生发生争吵. termite (n.)1849, back-formation from plural form termites (1781), from Modern Latin termites (three syllables), plural of termes (genitive termitis), a special use of Late Latin termes "woodworm, white ant," altered (by influence of Latin terere "to rub, wear, erode") from earlier Latin tarmes. Their nest is a terminarium (1863). Earlier in English known as wood ant or white ant." |