| 单词 | gnat |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [næt] |
| 解释 | n. 对小事斤斤计较，琐事 |
| 红宝书 | 【记】 可能来自gnaw(啃，咬 )一词 |
| 字源 | gnat (n.) Old English gnætt "gnat, midge, mosquito," earlier gneat, used of various small, flying insects, from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz (cognates: Low German gnatte, German Gnitze); perhaps literally "biting insect" and related to gnaw. The gnatte is a litil fflye, and hatte culex..he soukeþ blood and haþ in his mouþ a pipe, as hit were a pricke..And is a-countid a-mong volatiles..and greueþ slepinge men wiþ noyse & wiþ bytinge and wakeþ hem of here reste. [John of Trevisa, transl. of Bartholomew de Glanville's "De proprietatibus rerum," 1398] |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 蚊子; 小烦扰; 琐事 【记】源于gnaw(v 啃, 咬; 使苦恼)－蚊子; 小烦扰读: night－晚上才有蚊子叮你, 烦扰你. |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】近于gnaw啃,咬；eat；音：奶特，奶奶特别对小事斤斤计较 |
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